{"id":23255,"date":"2018-12-19T08:54:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T13:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23255"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:06:37","slug":"new-orleans-union-passenger-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-orleans-union-passenger-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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NOUPT serves Amtrak\u2019s City of New Orleans<\/em>, Crescent<\/em>, and tri-weekly Sunset Limited<\/em>plus the seasonal train ride styled as the Polar Express.<\/em>It\u2019s also the city\u2019s bus terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This station was among the very last city terminals constructed during the era when the private railroads ran their own passenger trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only ticketed Amtrak passengers were permitted onto the railroad platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are few views exposed the other day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amtrak’s Polar Express train ride-set.

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Amtrak’s Polar Express train ride-set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amtrak’s Polar Express train ride-set on left; Sunset Limited on right. File adjusted for contrast and highlight and shadow detail maximization.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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