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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 16 July 2011 - 04:44 PM

Post reports from our journey on Train #19(17), the Crescent, from Northeastern cities to Atlanta in this thread.


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Posted 17 July 2011 - 01:46 PM

I'm in the Club Acela in Philly. So far #19(17) has departed New York on time with 4 of our members aboard, and Newark on time with one more. I'm next at 3:55 PM! Perfect start -- hope it remains that way!


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Posted 17 July 2011 - 08:29 PM

Unfortunately I had to drive from Nashville, but it is less than 250 miles. There were major delays in Chattanooga. Sat on I-24 for an hour. Could have been worse I guess. It took me about four hours. I am 8 miles from North Springs MARTA. See you guys in 13 hours or so!
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:17 AM

Our first trip on the Crescent was picture perfect. We remained on or very close to schedule the entire way down. Arrival in Atlanta was 7:50 AM, 23 minutes early! Let's hope the rest of our trips go that well. We had great attendants, and the dining car staff was good too. They accommodated 9 of us for dinner, starting a little before the 6:30 PM departure from Washington, DC. The gang has split up to check-in or store luggage at hotels. We will then meet before 11 AM and begin our MARTA riding.


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Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:24 PM

Trip record for the Crescent, Train #19 of July 17:

* Train 19 of 07/17/2011.
* Crescent
* +---------------- Station code
* |	+----------- Schedule Arrival Day  
* |	|  +-------- Schedule Arrival time
* |	|  |	 +----- Schedule Departure Day
* |	|  |	 |  +-- Schedule Departure Time 
* |	|  |	 |  |	 +------------- Actual Arrival Time
* |	|  |	 |  |	 |	 +------- Actual Departure Time
* |	|  |	 |  |	 |	 |	 +- Comments
* V	V  V	 V  V	 V	 V	 V
* NYP  *  *	 1  215P  *	 215P  Departed:  on time.
* NWK  *  *	 1  237P  *	 237P  Departed:  on time.
* TRE  *  *	 1  318P  *	 319P  Departed:  1 minute late.
* PHL  *  *	 1  355P  *	 355P  Departed:  on time.
* WIL  *  *	 1  419P  *	 420P  Departed:  1 minute late.
* BAL  *  *	 1  517P  *	 518P  Departed:  1 minute late.
* WAS  1  600P  1  630P  550P  630P  Departed:  on time.
* ALX  *  *	 1  649P  *	 650P  Departed:  1 minute late.
* MSS  *  *	 1  722P  *	 725P  Departed:  3 minutes late.
* CLP  *  *	 1  755P  *	 755P  Departed:  on time.
* CVS  *  *	 1  852P  *	 853P  Departed:  1 minute late.
* LYH  1  1000P 1  1006P 959P  1006P Departed:  on time.
* DAN  *  *	 1  1114P *	 1115P Departed:  1 minute late.
* GRO  2  1215A 2  1222A 1206A 1222A Departed:  on time.
* HPT  *  *	 2  1239A *	 1240A Departed:  1 minute late.
* SAL  *  *	 2  117A  *	 117A  Departed:  on time.
* CLT  2  220A  2  245A  202A  245A  Departed:  on time.
+ GAS  *  *	 2  312A
* SPB  *  *	 2  414A  *	 414A  Departed:  on time.
* GRV  2  454A  2  501A  450A  501A  Departed:  on time.
* CSN  *  *	 2  539A  *	 541A  Departed:  2 minutes late.
  TCA  *  *	 2  615A
* GNS  *  *	 2  658A  *	 658A  Departed:  on time.
* ATL  2  813A  2  838A  750A  838A  Departed:  on time.
* ATN  *  *	 2  1000A *	 1006A Departed:  6 minutes late.
* BHM  2  1150A 2  1208P 1140A 1208P Departed:  on time.
* TCL  *  *	 2  107P  *	 118P  Departed:  11 minutes late.
* MEI  2  258P  2  304P  314P  324P  Departed:  20 minutes late.
* LAU  *  *	 2  401P  *	 424P  Departed:  23 minutes late.
* HBG  *  *	 2  438P  *	 501P  Departed:  23 minutes late.
* PIC  *  *	 2  542P  *	 614P  Departed:  32 minutes late.
* SDL  *  *	 2  607P  *	 640P  Departed:  33 minutes late.
* NOL  2  732P  *  *	 754P  *	 Arrived:  22 minutes late.


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Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:34 PM

Gee what happened to our train after we left it? It stayed on schedule (coming into ATL early with padding) with our large group and lost time with a lighter load.


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