NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 88, Issue 40

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Dave:

I think Charlie was referring to the Piedmont Limited (Nos. 33-34) which 
ran from Washington to New Orleans via Atlanta, A&WP and L&N.

Dick Fisher


Charlie (et all): The Piedmont went up the (old) WNC to Asheville. In 
contrast to the Southern Crescent, which used those beautiful E-8s, the 
Piedmont used FP-7s. Dave Phelps In a message dated 11/27/2012 7:03:44 
A.M. Eastern Standard Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes: Not to be 
forgotten, my list friends, is that the Southern ran their three 
Lynchburg trains well after Amtrak started. Without looking up dates, 
the Lynchburg Special (the remnant of the Birmingham Special or 
Tennessean) was cancelled first. The Piedmont, an SR Washington/Atlanta 
(?) only train was next. The Southern Crescent survived by becoming part 
of AMTRAK in the fall of '78. The D&RGW was the only (I think)other RR 
to keep their regularly scheduled passenger trains after AMTRAK. Charlie 
Long Lynchburg, VA -----Original Message-----