Me again...has anyone rode the above train recently? I read my travel log from 2001 the other day and remembered what fun I had! Thanks Becki
Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :
Good food, good crew, played a game of bingo in the diner with prizes (dinner for two, souvenirs, that sort of thing), scenery distinctly unremarkable.
That was a few years ago though.
Geoff M.
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
I haven't ridden the Crescent since 1998, when I rode WAS to NOL. The crew and food were good, and if I recall, the train ran fairly close to schedule. Concerning scenery -- well, there's lots of trees on that route, but going through Georgia and Alabama in the morning, you pass through quite a few quaint little southern towns, which are kinda pretty to see. The 6-mile long Lake Pontchartrain causeway is rather impressive too...
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Posted by The Chief (Member # 2172) on :
yummykaz, In '97 I rode the Crescent from NYC to New Orleans in a Viewliner Sleeper. I remember going through the Deep South that summer night and seeing thousands of fireflies (called lightning bugs north of the Mason-Dixon line). The fireflies flickered outside the darkened streamliner windows for miles and miles.