Piedmont Limited

Piedmont Limited

EMD FP7s leading the Piedmont Limited in 1974.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
First service	March 12, 1899
Last service	1976
Former operator(s)	Southern Railway
Route
Start	New York, New York
End	New Orleans, Louisiana

The Piedmont Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Railway in the southern United States. For most of its life it was a New York—New Orleans train, operating over the same route as the more famous Crescent Limited. The Southern Railway introduced the train on March 12, 1899, and it was known as the crack train of the route until the introduction of the Crescent in 1925.^[1][2] The Southern Railway discontinued the Piedmont Limited in 1976.^[3]

Route details

In its prime the Piedmont Limited operated over the following roads:^[2]

• Pennsylvania Railroad: New York—Washington, D.C.
• Southern Railway: Washington—Atlanta, Georgia
• West Point Route: Atlanta—Montgomery, Alabama
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Montgomery—New Orleans

References

1. "This date in Southern Railway history". Southern Railway History. Southern Railway Historical Association. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
2. "New Southern Train Will Be Put On April 26". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. March 7, 1925. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
3. Cox, Jim (2011). Rails Across Dixie: A History of Passenger Trains in the American South. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 9780786445288. OCLC 609716000.

External links

Media related to Piedmont Limited at Wikimedia Commons

• 1973 timetable