bob dylan wrote a train called the city of new orleans.
bob dylan wrote a train called the city of new orleans.
who wrote a train called the city of new orleans?
bob dylan
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"city of new orleans" is a country folk song written by steve goodman (and first recorded for goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from chicago to new orleans on the illinois central railroad's "city of new orleans" in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.









































goodman got the idea while traveling on the illinois central line for a visit to his wife's family. the song has been recorded by numerous artists both in the us and europe, including two major hit versions: first by arlo guthrie in 1972, and later by willie nelson in 1984.
city of new orleans (song)
amtrak left the "sunset" unchanged, while it dropped the louisville & nashville's "gulf wind", which operated between new orleans and jacksonville, florida. the tracks between these two points remained unused by passenger trains until april 29, 1984, when an amtrak train called the "gulf coast limited", running between new orleans and mobile, alabama, began service, seeking to regenerate some form of regional intercity rail traffic between large cities outside the northeast. however, this train only lasted until january 6, 1985. almost five years later, on october 27, 1989, the track segment between mobile and flomaton, alabama, came into passenger train use as part of the route of the "gulf breeze". this was another attempt to regenerate regional inter-city rail traffic, this time between birmingham, alabama, and mobile. the train was a reestablishment of the mobile section of amtrak's new york city—new orleans "crescent". it branched from the "crescent"'s route at birmingham, turning south toward montgomery, flomaton, and terminating in mobile. the "gulf breeze" was discontinued in 1995.
sunset limited