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The City of New Orleans (3) – US Rail Journeys Series 2 Episode 10
The bus journey continues:
The City of New Orleans (3) begins as we reach Arkansas on our bus. The train has no stops in Arkansas so I wonder whether this is an extra state!
We soon pass Osceola. The town is on the Mississippi which forms the border between Arkansas and Tennessee.
Memphis:
The bus is making reasonable progress. We reach Memphis during the rush hour and our progress is slow. Once we get south of the city the road is clearer although we’re on a single track highway.
We stop at another truck stop to pick up an additional driver and a member of the Amtrak team.
Marks:
The next stop is at the small town of Marks. The station opened on 4th May 2018. It results from two decades of work by local civic leaders. The total cost came to $1.2 million. The station was the result of an agreement between Quitman County, Amtrak and Canadian National.
As our journey continues we pass Yazoo City, a flag stop on the rail route. We don’t stop as there are no passengers. We are now 400 rail miles south of Carbondale.
When we reach Jackson we change bus. We had been notified that we would be on a bus for the last part of the journey because of flooding.
On to New Orleans:
As we start our last 180 miles to New Orleans we meet up with people we’ve not seen since morning. This bus is full but I’m sat next to a man who is accompanying a school party who are visiting New Orleans.
It is late when we arrive, so off to the hotel and bed.
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Next up:
I hope that you’ve enjoyed this podcast. Please join me in two weeks for the next episode where I spend a day looking round the amazing city of New Orleans.
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Music:
AKM Music has licensed the theme, Steam Railway, for use in this podcast.
Audioblocks has licensed Train Station by Jason Donnelly and Railroad Blues by Bobby Cole for use as incidental music in this episode.
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