AMERICA'S STREAMLINERS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
(POST WW II)
After the war, Southern Railway and a few other participating railroads introduced the all sleeper Crescent, complementing the all coach Southerner over the railroad's main line. Eventually the train became combined into the Southern Crescent, operated by Southern Railway independently of Amtrak until 1979.
Only streamlined trains and the most important stations are shown.
#45 #37 #47 August 5, 1951 #38 #48 #46
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----- 2:50 pm 4:35 pm New York 9:05 am 1:25 pm -----
----- 4:32 pm 6:23 pm Philadelphia 7:23 am 11:46 am -----
----- 6:08 pm 7:53 pm Baltimore 5:40 am 10:16 am -----
8:00 am 7:15 pm 8:50 pm Washington 4:55 am 9:35 am 8:10 pm
10:26 am 9:28 pm 11:03 pm Charlottesville 1:48 am 7:00 am 5:30 pm
12:05 pm 10:53 pm 12:20 am Lynchburg 12:05 am 5:45 am 3:55 pm
----- 1:23 am 2:34 am Greensboro 9:30 pm 3:34 am -----
----- 3:20 am 4:30 am Charlotte 7:15 pm 1:42 am -----
----- 5:50 am 6:55 am Greenville 4:55 pm 11:35 pm -----
----- 9:40 am 10:20 am Atlanta 1:45 pm 8:30 pm -----
----- ----- 1:35 pm Birmingham ----- 3:20 pm -----
----- ----- 4:45 pm Meridian ----- 12:15 pm -----
----- 12:45 pm ----- Montgomery 7:40 am ----- -----
----- 4:30 pm ----- Mobile 2:45 am ----- -----
----- 7:55 pm 9:10 pm New Orleans 11:00 pm 8:00 am -----
1:30 pm ----- ----- Roanoke ----- ----- 2:42 pm
5:30 pm ----- ----- Bristol ----- ----- 10:50 am
9:15 pm ----- ----- Knoxville ----- ----- 7:25 am
12:35 am ----- ----- Chattanooga ----- ----- 4:35 am
4:20 am ----- ----- Sheffield ----- ----- 11:10 pm
7:45 am ----- ----- Memphis ----- ----- 7:40 pm
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(New York-Washington via Pennsylvania Railroad)
(Lynchburg-Bristol via Norfolk & Western)
(Atlanta-Montgomery via Atlanta & West Point/Western of Alabama)
(Montgomery-New Orleans via Louisville & Nashville)
#3 August 5, 1951 #4
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7:45 am Cincinnati 8:55 pm
9:45 am Lexington 7:05 pm
11:45 am Somerset 4:45 pm
2:25 pm Oakdale 2:00 pm
5:50 pm Chattanooga 1:01 pm
10:20 pm Atlanta 8:40 am
12:45 am Macon 5:50 am
2:36 pm Cordele 3:30 am
5:30 am Valdosta 12:55 am
8:15 am Jacksonville 10:00 pm
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ROYAL PALM (#3-#4)
(required 3 sets)
Baggage Mail 1727-1728/CNO&TP 3589 (ACF 1950)
52 Seat Coaches 834-840/CNO&TP 3786-3789 (ACF 1950)
Coach Tavern Lounge 3399/CNO&TP 3899/FEC South Bay (ACF 1948)
Diner 3305-3312/3869 (from series) (Budd 1949)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (DET-MIA)
8S/1DR/2C Sleeper (heavyweight?) (Cleveland-Jacksonville)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (CHI-JAX)
5BR/Observation Royal _____ (PS 1950)
CRESCENT (#37-#38)
(required 4 sets)
Baggage Mail 1702-1703/WA 87/L&N 1120-1121 (PS 1950)
Baggage Dorm 710-711/L&N 1598-1599 (ACF 1950)
52 Seat Coach A&WP 68-69/WA 106 (Budd 1949) (ATL-NOR)
52 Seat Coach L&N 3250-3251 (Budd 1949) (ATL-NOR)
58 Seat Coach L&N 3252 (Budd 1949) (ATL-NOR)
Diner 3305-3312/501/2790 (from series) (Budd 1949)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-ATL)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-ATL)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-ATL)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-ATL)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (WAS-ATL)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (WAS-NOR)
2DR/1MR Lounge 2350-2353 - Crescent _____ (PS 1950) (NYC-NOR)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-NOR)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-NOR)
10R/6BR Sleeper _____ River (46 available) (PS 1950) (NYC-NOR)
5BR/Observation Royal _____ (PS 1950) (NYC-NOR)
TENNESSEAN (#45-#46)
(required 3 sets)
(lightweight cars built by Pullman-Standard in 1941)
(14R/4BR sleepers built by Pullman-Standard in 1950)
(other sleepers heavyweights)
Baggage Mail 1700/1701 (Washington-Chattanooga)
Baggage Mail Storage 1750/1751 (Washington-Chattanooga)
Baggage Mail 1725/1726 (Chattanooga-Memphis)
Baggage Dorm Coach 703/704/705 (Washington-Memphis)
52 Seat Divided Coach 903/904/905 (Washington-Memphis)
56 Seat Coach 806/807/808 (Washington-Memphis)
Diner 3303/3304 (Washington-Knoxville)
56 Seat Coach 809/810/811 (Washington-Memphis)
56 Seat Coach 812/813/814 (Washington-Memphis)
14R/4BR Sleeper (New York-Memphis)
14R/4BR Sleeper (New York-Memphis)
14R/4BR Sleeper (Washington-Memphis)
10S/1C/2BR Sleeper (Bristol-Nashville)
10S/1C/2BR Sleeper (Knoxville-Memphis)
8S/1C/Lounge (Chattanooga-Memphis)
Tavern Lounge Observation 1150/1151/1152 (Washington-Memphis)
SOUTHERNER (#47-#48)
(required 3 sets)
Baggage Dorm Coach 700-702 (PS 1941) (NYC-NOR)
Coach Lounge 950-955/PRR 1151-1152 (Budd 1949) (NYC-NOR)
Diner 3305-3312 (from series) (Budd 1949) (NYC-NOR)
52 Seat Coach 815-833 (from series) (Budd 1949) (NYC-NOR)
52 Seat Coach 815-833 (from series) (Budd 1949) (NYC-NOR)
52 Seat Coach 815-833 (from series) (Budd 1949) (NYC-NOR)
52 Seat Coach 815-833 (from series) (Budd 1949) (NYC-BHM)
Coach Tavern Observation 1100-1102 (PS 1941) (NYC-NOR)