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City of New Orleans - Definition and Overview |
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- For the city itself, see New Orleans, Louisiana.
City of New Orleans is the name of a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago, IL and New Orleans, LA. Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central railroad along the same route. The 926-mile (1490 km) trip is currently completed in a scheduled 19.5 hours.
Illinois Central's City of New Orleans
Amtrak's City of New Orleans
The City of New Orleans is a train route operated by Amtrak in the central United States. It runs from Chicago, Illinois in the north to New Orleans, Louisiana in the south, passing through the states of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Other uses
"City of New Orleans" is a folk music song written and first performed by Steve Goodman and subsequently by many other artists, notably Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson. The song lyrics trace the trail of the train route (above) in celebrating the "disappearin' railroad blues".
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Example Usage of Orleans |
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sunshyne_diva: Looking for someone to take this New Orleans trip with me..Go Cowboys #wishful thinking |
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KJKenner: way cool: RT @NakedPizza: Gen wrapping presents for our partnership w/ St. Bernard Project for kids in New Orleans http://twitpic.com/u1wrv |
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richards1000: Jan 6: Am Society for Pol & Legal Philosophy (ASPLP) Ann Meeting: “Getting to the Rule of Law”: http://bit.ly/538e5d New Orleans |
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