Georgian (train)
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The Georgian was a long-distance
Evansville to Chicago's Dearborn Station. From Nashville to Atlanta it operated over the tracks of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. The introduction of this train made the C&EI's Chicago-Evansville Whippoorwill train superfluous.[1][2][3][4][5]
It was begun in 1946 as a streamliner. As a night train, it offered sleeping car and dining car services. In 1968 the L&N Railroad discontinued the Georgian. In its place was an unnamed St. Louis-Evansville train, and an unnamed Evansville-Atlanta train. (The Chicago branch from Evansville eliminated, passengers seeking an L&N route would need to wait several hours at Nashville for a connection to the South Wind.) [6] The St. Louis-Evansville and the Evansville-Atlanta trains were among the trains that Amtrak chose not to pick up when it assumed long-distance operations on May 1, 1971.[1][2] Since that time Atlanta has had no service heading directly north to Tennessee.[1][2][7]
Important station stops
- Chicago
- Danville
- Terre Haute
- Vincennes
- Evansville
- Nashville
- Chattanooga
- Dalton
- Marietta
- Atlanta
Important stops on St. Louis section
- St. Louis
- Evansville
References
- ^ a b c Edmonson 1972, pp. 102–104
- ^ Trains. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 24, 2021.
- ^ Schafer & Welsh 1997, pp. 118–19
- ^ "The Georgian". American Rails.
- ^ Maiken 1989, pp. 130, 162–63, 231
- ^ "Louisville and Nashville, Tables 1, 4, 5". Official Guide of the Railways. 101 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1968.
- ^ Schafer & Welsh 1997, pp. 118–20
Bibliography
- Edmonson, Harold A. (1972). Journey to Amtrak. Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0890240236.
- Maiken, Peter (1989). Night Trains. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801845031.
- ISBN 978-0-7603-0377-1.