A rather late AMTK 59 cruises at 80mph creating a cloud of snow dust behind it. Some kind of advertising on the second Superliner.
Amtrak 300 in the celebratory 50th Anniversary Phase VI paint scheme leads "The City of New Orleans" just south of Lake Cormorant 2 days after 309 led in the Phase VII paint. Morning li... (more)
Amtrak 309 in Phase VII paint leads "The City of New Orleans" just south of Lake Cormorant through the fields of the Mississippi Delta on its way to New Orleans.
The last day of 2021 was a good one! The Phase I heritage unit came down on train #59 (City of New Orleans), and I just so happened to be going to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. Here's a shot of... (more)
Amtrak's “City Of New Orleans” Train #59 roars south through Crystal Springs, MS., with Amtrak #160 leading the way wearing it's heritage "Pepsi can" paint scheme which Amtrak painte... (more)
It's not every day that Amtrak 59 "The City of New Orleans" arrives to Memphis in good day light. This morning however, it was almost 2 hours late coming in, allowing for an early morni... (more)
Amtrak's City of New Orleans crosses Pass Manchac, the narrow channel connecting Lake Maurepas with Lake Pontchartrain, on its afternoon approach to the Crescent City.
Shortly after dawn, Amtrak's City of New Orleans passes downtown Memphis. In a minute or so the train will arrive at Memphis Central Station. 59 was running about a half hour late which allowed ... (more)
When Martin Luther King Jr. came to Marks, MS in March of 1968, he wept. At the time Marks was the poorest community in the poorest county in the poorest state in all of America. King was heartbro... (more)
Upgrades to the Modern Mainline of Mid-America. Amtrak #59 (the southbound City of New Orleans) led by AMTK #4 charges through CN's new super defect detector. This structure is a consolidation of ... (more)
The southbound City of New Orleans charges past the cotton gin in the small delta community of Crenshaw, MS.
The southbound City of New Orleans flies past Loram (LMIX) 612 as it goes through the small community of Banks, MS.
The southbound City of New Orleans flies through the small delta community of Savage, MS.
The City of New Orleans makes a crew change while stopped at Carbondale Station
