Named passenger trains through Greenville, SC in 1940s-1970s?

[ripvanwnkl]

Did Southern or any other railroads run named or other passenger trains through Greenville, SC durng the 1940s - 1970s?  

Thanks, 

[gmpullman]

Hello,

Of the four roads that served Greenville, The Charleston & Western Carolina, Greenville & Northern, Piedmont & Northern and the Southern Railway, only the Southern offered passenger service in this time frame.

My July, 1955 Official Guide shows four named trains through Greenville at that time.

The Crescent, The Piedmont Limited, The Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans Express and The Southerner.

The Southern Ry. elected to not join Amtrak and in a later timetable I have there were only two remaining named trains in 1970. The now renamed Southern Crescent and The Piedmont. Amtrak assumed the Southern's passenger operations in 1979.

Southern by Edmund, on Flickr

The Piedmont had a 10-6 that operated between New York and Greenville and there was a three-times weekly section of The Southern Crescent that ran from Birmingham to New Orleans.

rr2297 by George  Hamlin, on Flickr

 Good Luck, Ed

[ripvanwnkl]

Thanks!