Crescent In Atlanta | Southbound Amtrak train 19, the Crescent, rolls through Atlanta, GA shortly after departing Peachtree Station at the southern end of Norfolk Southern's Greenville District.
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