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Probably just a glitch but if you search by schedule, westbound, this is what comes up for the Sunset Limited. All subsequent stops to NOL are shown.

I’ve done many long haul trips on the dog, with more to come. The three worst things that happened to me over the course of 15+ years of consistent riding were 1) our bus from Denver to Dallas broke down north of Ft.Worth (they sent a replacement bus around an hour or so later), 2) my New...

Does anyone know what the breakdown of the current Greyhound fleet is? Are the MCI 102DL and G4500 coaches still in service or are they mostly gone?

No, not this morning. I certainly will post a follow up.

Hi all, I’ll be arriving in D.C on Greyhound at 0320 (if on time) and I’m taking a 0610 NE Regional. I don’t have any experience with the bus portion of the terminal but according to videos on YouTube, it doesn’t look like a great place to hang out since it’s in the parking garage. Will I be...

After you leave your sleeper, you’ll walk through four cars… the diner will be the fifth.

I was just trying to figure out which side of the train I’ll be on, but of course I know that it depends on how the consist is made up on any given day.

Which lower level accommodations are directly underneath the upper level bedrooms? The 11-14 and family room or the restrooms and accessible bedroom? Of all the times I’ve been on a Superliner, I’ve never made a note of how the lower level is oriented in comparison to the upper level.

Back when it was 4, on a typical day, one whole coach was filled with NOL-BHM traffic. It would empty in BHM. It’s a big market for the train. The other was used for ATL local traffic and long haul passengers. They generally used two out of NOL, sometimes a third during busy periods, Mardi Gras...

The problem with the Crescent south of ATL is not NOL, it’s that the only city that provides meaningful patronage in between the two is BHM. It’s a shame that it can’t be rerouted to via MGM and MOB like the original Crescent. In any case, no one needs to worry about ridership anymore with only...

There will be no more CONO bustitution since the new CN spillway bridge is opened. 🙂

Kind of a shame in a sense. You have multiple Surfliners plus the bus connections to the San Joaquin throughout the day. New city pairs like LAX/SAS/HOS-BHM/ATL/CLT would open up. But maybe the numbers don’t look as good for those compared to the Starlight connection.

Now all they need to do is adjust the Sunset Limited schedules. Have #2 arrive NOL at 0730, and have #1 depart NOL at 2230. That way you could have same day connections in NOL between the Sunset and Crescent. Wishful thinking probably...

Better departure time out of NOL for sure. That’s all I really care about. And a 915pm arrival isn’t too bad. If anything in the inbound dinner service on 19 won’t be as rushed. ATL customers will get used to the new schedule in time.

Do I see New Orleans - Baton Rouge on that map? I doubt it’ll happen. KCS has already said they don’t want to deal with passenger trains on that segment. Entirely new track would have to be built. Even if they could convince KCS, who’s going to come up with the $80 million to rebuild the...

New Orleans to Mobile is CSX mainline. It’s a busy route and is in good shape. This is the portion that’s going to see regional service in the next couple of years. The Achilles heel has always been the portion East of Mobile. It’s a slow meandering jog around Mobile Bay followed by unsignaled...

The world is a different place now. While there will always be a good number of people riding the Crescent between ATL-WAS just based on population alone, air travel options are much better with more frequency and cheaper prices, than they were even in the early 90's, when the Crescent was...

In the era of the Gulf Breeze train, the NOL-BHM segment often ran with one unit, and the second was added from the MOE-BHM Gulf Breeze to continue the journey. When the Breeze was discontinued, two units once again ran all the way NYP-NOL. There were also times in the 1980s when the train ran...