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Rode the City of New Orleans during the Christmas '96 rush. Boarded in Champaign, IL. GE Genesis power and all high level equipment. After a 31 year span of not being on a passenger train, it was a very pleasant surprise. Everything about the accommodations and service was very efficient. Cars were clean, well managed by on-board attendants, and the diner had good food. Ride was smooth. Course a winter storm knocked out power to the signals in TN so we arrived 4 hours late in NOLA. But the return trip was on time all the way back to Champaign. A great contrast to the last ride I had made in high school on the C&O George Washington to Cincinnati in '65. i didn't think it was that bad then. But what did I know? Born in a railroad hospital, grew up in a railroad family in a railroad town.
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