Amtrak 19, the Crescent, running 10hrs, 30 minutes late due to a massive northeastern snow storm crosses an arm of Lake Hartwell on the Seneca River at Clemson, SC, in a rare daylight run through South Carolina
Amtrak took over the New York - New Orleans market when the Southern Railway discontinued its famed Southern Crescent. Following the same route, it takes two days and a night to connect the Big Apple with the Big Easy. The crossing of Lake Ponchartrain is
