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Special Notes:

  1. 16 Scheduled days ... 14 days open ... 11,000 miles ... buy your tickets a segment at a time one or two stops before the end of a segment.
  2. Stayovers (non-scheduled cities): Fourteen open days allowing stop overs in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, Atlanta, Mobile, Birmingham, Houston, Savannah, Charleston, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Orlando, El Paso, Phoenix, SaltLake City, Denver, etc.
  3. Sidetrips: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, San Diego, Las Vegas
  4. Caveat: The Sunset Limited between Orlando and New Orleans is still not working after the Hurricane Katrina damage. Freight cars weighing five to ten times more than a passenger car travel the Gulf Coast rails. And, no train station can be worse than Ugly Hole of Beaumont, TX. The Sunset Limited is another example of two problems with politicians: they make a problem worse and they put a fox in the chicken coop (Bad Numero Uno). Until the Sunset Limited is running again, Railers will have to ride up to the Carolinas or Washington, DC, to catch the Crescent to the Big Easy.

USASouth Segment of Writers, Southern (Map ... Tables ... Top ... Bottom)

Day City/Train TorD Miles Start (time) Giiggle Notes
1 Sun New York, NY E.T

0

15:15 (00:00) temp

Silver Meteor #97

South

1389

15:15 (27:40) temp Stayovers Savannah, Charleston
2 Mon Miami, FL E.T.

1389

18:55 (37:55) temp Curfew 12:00, Day at Southbeach and night
3 Tue

Silver Star #92

North

254

08:50 (05:27) temp
Tampa, FL E.T.

1643

14:17 (24:12) temp
4 Wed

Silver Star #92

North

857

14:29 (05:46) temp
5 Thu Jacksonville, FL E.T.

2500

20:15 (01:45) temp

Sunset Ltd #1

West

616

22:00 (13:00) temp

USA Southern Tier Segment of Writers, Southern (Map ... Tables ... Top ... Bottom)

Day City/Train TorD Miles Start (time) Giiggle Notes
New Orleans, LA C.T.

3116

11:00 (20:40) temp Atlanta Side trip
6 Fri

Crescent #20

North

1152

07:20 (14:50) temp SideTrip 3 days
7 Sat Washington, DC E.T

4268

10:10 (05:55) temp

Capital Ltd #29

West

764

16:05 (16:35) temp (Or, use Cardinal #?? on)
8 Sun Chicago, IL C.T.

5032

08:40 (07:20) temp

Texas Eagle #21

South

1306

14:00 (29:20) temp Stayover: St. Louis, Dallas Fort Worth
9 Mon San Antonio, TX C.T.

6338

10:35 (07:05) temp
10 Tue

Sunset Ltd #1

West

1423

05:40 (29:30) temp Stay Over: El Paso
11 Wed Los Angeles, CA P.T.

7761

10:10 (08:35) temp

Southwest chief #3

East

2256

18:45 (44:35) temp Grand Canyon
13 Fri Chicago, IL C.T.

10017

15:20 (04:40) temp

Lake Shore Ltd #48

East

528

20:00 (13:55) temp
14 Sat Niagara Falls, NY E.T.

10545

09:55 (06:50) temp Bus to falls, walk to station. Have meal at Simon's Cafe

City Bus

North

10

16:45 (01:00) temp

CANADA Segment of Writers, Southern (Map ... Tables ... Top ... Bottom)

Day City/Train TorD Miles Start (time) Giiggle Notes
Niagara Falls, ON E.T.

10555

17:45 (00:00) temp

Maple Leaf #63

North

82

17:45 (01:59) temp
Toronto, ON E.T.

10637

19:44 (15:46) temp
15 Sun

VIA #60

East

334

11:30 (05:37) temp Several Trains leave before and after this midday train.
Montreal, QC E.T.

10971

17:07 (16:43) temp
16 Mon

Adirondack #68

South

381

09:50 (11:50) temp
New York, NY E.T.

11352

19:40 (00:00) temp

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