A Richard Beal photo:
Richards wife poses colorfully next to the weary Southern Crescent in the early morning hours at NOLAUPT, soon they will board and head toward Washington D.C. The Crescent and the RGZ were hold outs from Amtrak.
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The Southern Railway was one of three US railroads that decided not to join Amtrak in 1971. Its flagship train, the Southern Crescent, Washington - New Orleans, set the standard for passenger rail service in the US for most of the 1970s.