Re: (rshsdepot) Fw: City of New Orleans

["Ken Currie" <currieken_@_comcast.net>]

According to Reuters, the US DOT has announced trains will operate out of
the Avondale Yards, with two trains today and up to four on Monday.


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Fw: City of New Orleans


> According to reports trains are running and terminating at Jackson
Mississippi, at least Amtrak
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Spurlock" <ilock_@_bellsouth.net>
> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 12:13 PM
> Subject: RE: (rshsdepot) Fw: City of New Orleans
>
>
> : According to FEMA director Mike Brown trains are now running in and out
of
> : New Orleans and are being used to get people out.  Not sure I would take
> : anything this guy said at face value but.....
> :
> : -----Original Message-----
> : From: rshsdepot-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
> : [mailto:rshsdepot-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of Paul Luchter
> : Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:17 AM
> : To: RSHS Depot
> : Subject: (rshsdepot) Fw: City of New Orleans
> :
> :
> : ----- Original Message ----- 
> : From: Henry Rosenberg
> : To: fred fep
> : Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 7:00 AM
> : Subject: City of New Orleans
> :
> :
> : GULF COAST CRISIS: PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE
> : Amtrak runs trains to Jackson, Miss.
> :
> : John Schmeltzer, Tribune staff reporter
> : Published September 3, 2005
> :
> :
> : What's happening: Amtrak's City of New Orleans passenger trains, which
carry
> : 520 people daily between Chicago and New Orleans, were stopped in
Memphis
> : Thursday but extended to Jackson, Miss. by Friday.
> :
> : Why: Amtrak's passenger rail terminal in downtown New Orleans remains
> : flooded, and tracks in the city are covered with water.
> :
> : Before the storm: Amtrak was struggling to convince Congress to fund its
> : operations for another year. President Bush did not include any
operating
> : assistance in the fiscal 2006 budget.
> :
> : What's ahead: The passenger rail agency said that beginning Monday City
of
> : New Orleans trains will terminate and originate in Jackson, Miss., about
200
> : miles north of the stricken city.
> :
> : Passengers trying to reach the New Orleans area will have to seek
alternate
> : transportation to reach their final destination.
> :
> : source: Chicago Tribune
> :
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