Crescent (train)

Amtrak service between New York and New Orleans

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Not to be confused with Crescent (Southern Railway train).

Crescent

The Crescent crossing the Pearl River near Picayune, Mississippi, in March 2010

Overview
Service type| Inter-city rail
Locale| Eastern United States
Current operator(s)| Amtrak
Former operator(s)| Southern Railway (1970–1979)
Annual ridership| 303,098 (FY 24)  11.6%[a][1]
Route
Termini| New York City, New York
New Orleans, Louisiana
Stops| 33
Distance travelled| 1,377 miles (2,216 km)
Average journey time| 30 hours, 47 minutes (southbound)
32 hours, 36 minutes (northbound)
Service frequency| Daily
Train number(s)| 19 (southbound)
20 (northbound)
On-board services
Class(es)| Coach Class
First Class Sleeper Service
Disabled access| All train cars, most stations
Sleeping arrangements|

* Roomette (2 beds)
* Bedroom (2 beds)
* Bedroom Suite (4 beds)
* Accessible Bedroom (2 beds)

Catering facilities| Dining car, Café
Baggage facilities| Overhead racks, checked baggage available at selected stations
Technical
Rolling stock| Amfleet · Viewliner
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed| 43.4 mph (69.8 km/h) (avg.)
125 mph (201 km/h) (top)
Track owner(s)| Amtrak, CSX, NS
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North River Tunnels

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Newark Penn |

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Metropark

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| 58 mi

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Trenton |

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Delaware River

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146 km

Philadelphia–30th Street
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187 km

Wilmington |

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298 km

Baltimore |

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315 km

BWI Airport

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362 km

Washington, D.C.

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Potomac River

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375 km

Alexandria |

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415 km

Manassas |

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472 km

Culpeper
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| 337 mi

542 km

Charlottesville
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641 km

Lynchburg
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742 km

Danville
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819 km

Greensboro
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843 km

High Point
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900 km

Salisbury
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967 km

Charlotte
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1003 km

Gastonia

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Spartanburg
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Greenville
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Clemson
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Tugaloo River

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Toccoa

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Gainesville
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Eastern Time

Central Time

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1543 km

Anniston
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Birmingham
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1735 km

Tuscaloosa
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Meridian
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Laurel

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Hattiesburg
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Slidell

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2216 km

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The Crescent is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and New Orleans (the "Crescent City"). The 1,377-mile (2,216 km) route connects the Northeast to the Gulf Coast via the Appalachian Piedmont, with major stops in Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama.

Most of the route of the Crescent is on the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is the successor of the Southern Crescent, introduced in 1970 by Norfolk Southern's predecessor, the Southern Railway.

## History

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### Southerner

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Main article: Southerner (U.S. train)

Today's Crescent is a direct descendant of the Southerner, a streamlined passenger train operated by the Southern Railway from 1941 to 1970. The daily train followed essentially the same route as the modern Crescent, providing sleeper service between New York and New Orleans via Washington, Atlanta, and Birmingham.

### Southern Crescent

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Since its inception, the sister train of the Southerner was a second New York–New Orleans sleeper, the Southern Railway's Crescent. The two trains shared generally the same route between New York and Atlanta, but diverged between Atlanta and New Orleans. The Crescent took a more coastal route, operating via Mobile and Montgomery over Atlanta and West Point Railroad, Western Railway of Alabama, and Louisville & Nashville Railroad trackage. The Southerner stayed inland to run exclusively on Southern Railway trackage through Birmingham.

Southern Railway's Southern Crescent at Peachtree station on January 21, 1971

In 1970, amid a push by its partners to discontinue passenger operations, the Southern Railway merged the Southerner and the Crescent into one service: the Southern Crescent. The new train used the route of the Southerner, operating via Birmingham instead of Mobile. Although the Birmingham route was slightly longer, it was fully owned by the Southern Railway and therefore more reliable. The Southern Crescent was numbered 1 southbound and 2 northbound. Penn Central carried it between Washington and New York along the Northeast Corridor, inheriting the longstanding haulage agreement from the Pennsylvania Railroad.

For most of the 1970s, the Southern Crescent was supplemented by the Piedmont, a former New York–New Orleans train that had been cut back to a regional Atlanta–Washington (later Charlotte–Washington and Salisbury–Washington) service running along the middle leg of the Southern Crescent route.[citation needed]

Amtrak took over most inter-city passenger trains in the United States on May 1, 1971, but the Southern Railway initially opted out. Amtrak did inherit most of Penn Central's passenger services, including the haulage agreement for the Southern Crescent. For a portion of the mid-1970s, the Southern Crescent only operated tri-weekly between Atlanta and New Orleans, and carried a run-through Amtrak 10-6 sleeper on those days to connect to the Sunset Limited. On occasion, when the Southern deemed an Amtrak car to be short of its standards, it substituted a Southern sleeper in the consist. Additionally, one of the two dome coaches in the Southern car fleet was added for the leg south of Atlanta.[citation needed]

The Southern Crescent was one of the last two privately operated long-distance passenger services in the United States, the other being the Rio Grande Zephyr. However, mounting revenue losses and equipment-replacement expenses forced Southern Railway to leave the passenger business.

### Amtrak era

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The Southern Railway turned over full operation of the Southern Crescent to Amtrak on February 1, 1979. Amtrak simplified the name to the Crescent and renumbered it 19 southbound and 20 northbound, though for several years the Southern assigned it operating numbers 819 and 820.[2][3] The train began using rebuilt Heritage Fleet equipment in 1981.[4]: 78

The Amtrak Crescent dining car in 2019

On October 28, 1989, Amtrak added a section of the Crescent between Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama, known as the Gulf Breeze. It ran until April 1, 1995, when it was cancelled due to budget issues. A replacement Amtrak Thruway bus ran until October 16, 1997. The Atlanta–New Orleans portion of the Crescent was reduced to tri-weekly operation from April 2, 1995, to November 11, 1996 (quad-weekly from November 1995 to February 1996).[5]

When Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in August 2005, the Crescent was temporarily truncated to Atlanta. Service was restored first as far as Meridian, Mississippi, while Norfolk Southern crews worked to repair the damage to their lines serving the Gulf Coast. Amtrak restored Crescent and City of New Orleans service to New Orleans on October 9, 2005.[6]

From July 10 to September 1, 2017, the train terminated at Washington, D.C. instead of New York City due to track work at Penn Station.[7] Starting October 1, 2019, traditional dining car services were removed and replaced with a reduced menu of 'Flexible Dining' options. As a result, the dining car serves as a lounge car for use exclusively by sleeping car passengers.[8]

### Proposed expansion

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As part of Amtrak's Network Growth Strategy (NGS), adding a section from Meridian, Mississippi to Fort Worth, Texas has been discussed since the early 2000s, with the route having supposed to been up and running by 2002. The plan fell through when Amtrak abandoned the NGS.[9] However, in March 2023, Amtrak announced that it is seeking federal funding to once again study this proposal. Due to Kansas City Southern Railway's (KCS) continued opposition to hosting this train on the Meridian Speedway, the study was dependent on a proposed merger between the KCS and Canadian Pacific Railway being approved by the United States Surface Transportation Board.[10] This merger was approved on March 15, 2023,[11] and officially went into effect on April 14, 2023, allowing this proposal to move forward.[12][13] In June 2023, Amtrak applied for funding to begin the project to extend service from Mississippi to Texas along the I-20 corridor.[14]

### Federal lawsuit

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In July 2024, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway, alleging that they did not give priority to Amtrak's Crescent on about 1,140 miles of Norfolk Southern-owned tracks as required by federal law. According to the lawsuit and audits conducted by Amtrak, about one out of every four southbound Crescent services arrived at their destination on-time in 2023. A spokesman for Norfolk Southern said that delays on the route had been reduced in recent months and that they were "committed to complying with the law, working together, and honoring our commitments."[15][16]

## Route

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Route map of the Crescent

The tracks used were once part of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Southern Railway and North Carolina Railroad systems; they are now owned by Amtrak, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway, respectively. The following lines are used:[citation needed]

* New York City to Washington, D.C.: Northeast Corridor, ex-Pennsylvania Railroad, now Amtrak
* Washington to Alexandria, Virginia: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, now CSX
* Alexandria to Danville, Virginia: Virginia Midland Railway (ex-Southern Railway), now Norfolk Southern
* Danville to Greensboro, North Carolina: Piedmont Air-Line Railway (ex-Southern Railway), now NS
* Greensboro to Charlotte, North Carolina: North Carolina Railroad (formerly leased by Southern Railway), track managed by NS
* Charlotte to Atlanta, Georgia: Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway (ex-Southern Railway), now NS
* Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama: Georgia Pacific Railway (ex-Southern Railway), now NS
* Station and adjacent tracks in Birmingham: Louisville and Nashville Railroad, now CSX
* Birmingham to Meridian, Mississippi: Alabama Great Southern Railroad (ex-Southern Railway), now NS
* Meridian to New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad (ex-Southern Railway), now NS

## Rolling stock

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As of 2024[update], a usual consist on the Crescent included:[17][18]

* 2 GE P42DC or Siemens ALC-42 diesel locomotives[19] (1 Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive north of Washington, D.C.)
* 3 Amfleet II coaches
* 1 Amfleet II café car
* 2 Viewliner sleeping cars
* 1 Viewliner II baggage-dorm
* 1 Viewliner II diner[20]

By March 2025, the train only had one sleeping car, but the second was planned to be re-added in May 2025.[21] Amtrak plans to replace the Amfleet cars with new long-distance cars by 2032.[22][23]

## Station stops

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State  | Town/city  | Station  | Connections

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New York | New York City | New York Penn Station |  Amtrak (long-distance): Cardinal, Lake Shore Limited, Palmetto, Silver Meteor
Amtrak (intercity): Acela, Adirondack, Berkshire Flyer, Carolinian, Empire Service, Ethan Allen Express, Keystone Service, Maple Leaf, Northeast Regional, Pennsylvanian, Vermonter
LIRR: ■ City Terminal Zone, ■ Port Washington Branch
NJ Transit: ■ North Jersey Coast Line, ■ Northeast Corridor Line, ■ Gladstone Branch, ■ Montclair–Boonton Line, ■ Morristown Line
NYC Subway: ​​​​
PATH: HOB-33 JSQ-33 JSQ-33 (via HOB)
NYC Transit Bus
New Jersey | Newark | Newark Penn Station |  Amtrak: Acela, Carolinian, Cardinal, Keystone Service, Northeast Regional, Pennsylvanian, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
NJ Transit: ■ North Jersey Coast Line, ■ Northeast Corridor Line, ■ Raritan Valley Line
PATH: NWK-WTC
Newark Light Rail
NJ Transit Bus
Iselin | Metropark |  Amtrak: Acela, Keystone Service, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Vermonter
NJ Transit Rail: ■ Northeast Corridor Line
Local bus: NJ Transit Bus
Trenton | Trenton |  Amtrak: Carolinian, Cardinal, Keystone Service, Northeast Regional, Pennsylvanian, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
NJ Transit: ■ Northeast Corridor Line, ■ River Line
SEPTA Regional Rail: ■ Trenton Line
NJ Transit Bus, SEPTA Suburban Bus
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 30th Street Station |  Amtrak: Acela, Carolinian, Cardinal, Keystone Service, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Pennsylvanian, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
SEPTA Regional Rail: all routes
NJ Transit: ■ Atlantic City Line
SEPTA Metro:
SEPTA City Bus, SEPTA Suburban Bus
Delaware | Wilmington | Wilmington |  Amtrak: Acela, Carolinian, Cardinal, Palmetto, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
SEPTA Regional Rail: ■ Wilmington/​Newark Line
DART First State
Greyhound Lines
Maryland | Baltimore | Baltimore |  Amtrak: Acela, Carolinian, Cardinal, Palmetto, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
MARC: ■ Penn Line
Light RailLink
MTA Maryland, Charm City Circulator
Hanover | BWI Airport |  Amtrak: Acela, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Vermonter
MARC: ■ Penn Line
Shuttle to  Baltimore/Washington International Airport
MTA Maryland, UMBC Transit
District of Columbia | Washington | Washington
Union Station |  Amtrak: Acela, Carolinian, Cardinal, Floridian, Palmetto, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
MARC: ■ Brunswick Line, ■ Camden Line, ■ Penn Line
VRE: ■ Manassas Line, ■ Fredericksburg Line
Metro:  Red Line
DC Streetcar: H Street/Benning Road Line
Metrobus, MTA Maryland, Loudoun County Transit, OmniRide
Intercity bus:  Greyhound,  Megabus, BoltBus, BestBus, Peter Pan, OurBus
Virginia | Alexandria | Alexandria |  Amtrak: Carolinian, Cardinal, Floridian, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor
VRE: ■ Fredericksburg Line, ■ Manassas Line
Metro:  Blue Line,  Yellow Line
Metrobus, DASH
Manassas | Manassas |  Amtrak: Cardinal, Northeast Regional
VRE: ■ Manassas Line
PRTC
Culpeper | Culpeper |  Amtrak: Cardinal, Northeast Regional
Charlottesville | Charlottesville |  Amtrak: Cardinal, Northeast Regional, Amtrak Thruway to Richmond, Washington, D.C.
Charlottesville Area Transit
Greyhound Lines
Lynchburg | Lynchburg |  Amtrak: Northeast Regional
Greater Lynchburg Transit Company
Greyhound Lines
Danville | Danville |
North Carolina | Greensboro | Greensboro |  Amtrak: Carolinian, Piedmont
Greensboro Transit Authority, Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation
Greyhound Lines
High Point | High Point |  Amtrak: Carolinian, Piedmont, Amtrak Thruway to Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation
Salisbury | Salisbury |  Amtrak: Carolinian, Piedmont
Charlotte | Charlotte |  Amtrak: Carolinian, Piedmont
Charlotte Area Transit System
Gastonia | Gastonia |
South Carolina | Spartanburg | Spartanburg |
Greenville | Greenville |  Greenlink
Clemson | Clemson |  Clemson Area Transit
Georgia | Toccoa | Toccoa |
Gainesville | Gainesville |  Red Rabbit Bus
Atlanta | Peachtree |  MARTA Bus
Alabama | Anniston | Anniston |  ACTS
Greyhound
Birmingham | Birmingham |  BJCTA MAX Bus
Greyhound
Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa |  Tuscaloosa Transit Authority
Mississippi | Meridian | Meridian Union Station |  Greyhound
Laurel | Laurel |
Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg |  Hub City Transit
Picayune | Picayune |
Louisiana | Slidell | Slidell |
New Orleans | New Orleans
Union Passenger Terminal |  Amtrak: City of New Orleans, Sunset Limited
Streetcar:  46  Rampart–Loyola
RTA Bus
Greyhound

## References

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1. ^ "Amtrak Fiscal Year 2024 Ridership" (PDF). Amtrak. December 3, 2024.
2. ^ Amtrak Colors for Crescent Railway Age January 5, 1979, page 25
3. ^ Lang, Neil (November 1977). "Amtrak News" (PDF). Pacific News. No. 208\. p. 17\. ISSN 0030-879X. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2022.
4. ^ Schafer, Mike (1991). All Aboard Amtrak: 1971–1991. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Co. ISBN 978-0-9621-5414-0. OCLC 24545029. OL 1555952M.
5. ^ Warner, David C.; Goldberg, Bruce (2021). Fifty Years of Amtrak Trains: A Comprehensive Survey of Amtrak Routes: 1971–2021. Bucklin, Missouri: White River Productions. pp. 112–115\. ISBN 978-1-932804-70-6.
6. ^ "Amtrak Trains to Roll Out of New Orleans on October 9" (Press release). Amtrak. October 10, 2005. Archived from the original on October 8, 2005.
7. ^ "Infrastructure Renewal at New York Penn Station". Amtrak. 2017. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017.
8. ^ "Amtrak Introduces Enhanced Menu and Flexible Dining Experience on Five Routes" (Press release). Amtrak. September 13, 2019.
9. ^ "Amtrak Plans for Successful Future" (PDF). trb.org. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
10. ^ "New FRA grant funds to be sought to consider the I-20 route". Amtrak Media Center. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
11. ^ Fung, Esther (March 15, 2023). "Canadian Pacific's Merger With Kansas City Southern Is Approved". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
12. ^ "Amtrak Statement from CEO Stephen J. Gardner regarding CP-KCS Merger Decision". Amtrak. March 15, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
13. ^ "Merger between Kansas City Southern Rail, Canadian Pacific now official". KMBC News. April 15, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
14. ^ Anderson, Kyle (June 5, 2023). "Amtrak Applies for Federal Grants to Improve Long Distance Network". Amtrak Media. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
15. ^ "Justice Department Files Complaint Against Norfolk Southern to Stop Amtrak Passenger Train Delays" (Press release). Office of Public Affairs, United States Department of Justice. July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
16. ^ Weiner, Rachel (July 30, 2024). "Only a quarter of these trains are on time. The DOJ says it's illegal". Washington Post. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
17. ^ Butterworth, Scott (December 31, 2020). "Aboard Amtrak's Crescent, surprising comfort and welcome seclusion on a slow train to Mississippi". Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021.
18. ^ Johnston, Bob (July 29, 2024). "Amtrak adds to Texas Eagle capacity with dedicated Sunset through cars: Special report". Trains News Wire. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
19. ^ Paul, Joe Sr.; Welsh, Michael; Kraft, Michael (February 2024). "Amtrak New Fleet Acquisition Updates" (PDF). Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee. p. 7\. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
20. ^ Johnston, Bob (May 20, 2024). "Viewliner diner serving 'flexible' meals to be added to Crescent June 1: Analysis". Trains. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
21. ^ "Texas Eagle lounge car set to return; other long-distance trains to gain capacity". Trains News Wire. February 25, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
22. ^ FY24-29 Five-Year Plans (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. p. 45.
23. ^ "FY 2022-2027 Service and Asset Line Plans" (PDF). Amtrak. 2021. p. 133.

## Further reading

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* Stout, Greg (2005). Southern Railway Through Passenger Service in Color (1st ed.). Morning Sun Books. ISBN 978-1582481661.
* Schafer, Mike. "Amtrak's Atlas," Trains, June 1991.

## Notes

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1. ^ Amtrak's Fiscal Year (FY) runs from October 1 of the prior year to September 30 of the named year.

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