At that time, the L&N Railroad earned some unwanted publicity when it terminated the final run of the train en route southbound at Birmingham when a federal judge lifted the order keeping the train running after the Interstate Commerce Commission approved its permanent discontinuance.
The L&N Railroad faced criticism in 1918 when it stopped the final journey of the train traveling southbound through Birmingham, as a federal judge overturned an order that had kept the train operational after the Interstate Commerce Commission gave its consent for the railroad to permanently discontinue service.