August 26, 2025 • 27 mins
We head to the Gulf Coast to ride the first revenue service of Amtrak's brand new Mardi Gras train, connecting Mobile to New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina devastated the region in 2005.
• Chris travels to his hometown of Mobile to document this historic service restoration
• The Mardi Gras service acknowledges Mobile as the birthplace of North American Mardi Gras, predating New Orleans by 16 years
• Hurricane Katrina destroyed rail infrastructure along the Gulf Coast, ending passenger service for two decades
• The train makes four stops in Mississippi: Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport, and Bay St. Louis
• Local residents gather at stations and along the tracks to witness and celebrate the historic return of passenger rail
• The restoration represents the final chapter in the region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina
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Speaker 3 (00:19):
on this episode, we are heading down to the gulf
coast region to take Amtrak'sbrand new Mardi Gras service
from Mobile to New Orleans.
Join us on this historicjourney on this episode of
Transit Tangents.
Hey everybody, welcome back tothis episode of Transit Tangents
.
My name is Chris and I'm Lewis,and today we are talking about
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the birth of a brand new Amtrakservice.
We are talking about the birthof a brand new Amtrak service.
It's actually the firstpassenger rail service on the
Gulf Coast in two decades and weare talking about Amtrak's
brand new Mardi Gras service.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
And this service is of particular interest for Chris
.
Chris grew up in Mobile, if youdon't know that, and I'm very
jealous that I was not able topartake in this journey.
Unfortunately, as you all know,I did move to Germany a couple
months back now Well, not thatmany months back, almost two
months back now so I wasn't ableto join on this one, and this
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is kind of one of our firstepisodes.
That is really just one of usor the other, and it seems like
you had a pretty successfuljourney down on the Gulf Coast,
though.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Yeah, absolutely had an amazing time.
I was able to go to New Orleanson the way to Mobile, stop at
each of the stations and filmand talk about them, and then,
bright and early Monday morning,was able to jump on the Amtrak
and take it back to New Orleansbefore flying back to Austin.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, and to be clear , this was the first of this
train that has run publicly ever.
So pretty exciting stuff.
But without further ado let'sjump right into Chris's trip on
the brand new Amtrak Mardi Grasservice.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
For this episode.
We are going south to the GulfCoast region to ride the brand
new Amtrak Mardi Gras servicefrom Mobile to New Orleans.
Now we've been talking aboutthis new line for a few months
now, but it is finally happeningon August 18th 2025.
Now this episode will come outabout one week after the service
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starts.
So why is Amtrak calling thisthe Mardi Gras service?
What you may not know is thatMobile was originally a French
colony founded in 1702, makingit 16 years older than New
Orleans.
It was in these first 16 yearsof Mobile history that North
American Mardi Gras was born,just steps away from the current
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train station.
In fact, mobile, biloxi and NewOrleans were founded as a
string of French colonies andstill maintain a deep cultural
bond to this day, includingcelebrating Mardi Gras.
Amtrak has operated in Mobilebefore, the Sunset Limited used
to travel from Los Angelesthrough Mobile on its way to
Jacksonville, florida and thenMiami.
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But even before that, mobilehad a legacy of passenger
service that connected it to itssister city of New Orleans and
the rest of the country.
We can still see this legacytoday in the form of the GM&O
building, which was the GulfMobile and Ohio Rail Terminal.
That's just on the other sideof downtown from the current
Amtrak station and currentlyserves as the hub for Mobile's
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Wave Transit system.
This new train is so importantbecause it is the restoration of
passenger service to thisregion.
On August 29th 2005, hurricaneKatrina slammed into the Gulf
Coast, bringing devastationstretching from Mobile to New
Orleans and beyond.
Everyone knows about thecatastrophic flooding in New
Orleans, but storm surgesinundated coastal communities
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across Mississippi and Alabama,including downtown Mobile, where
the former CSX station servedas Mobile's train station and
connection to the Amtrak SunsetLimited.
The storm surge in this arearose more than 10 feet over that
former station.
All passenger rail servicestopped after Katrina and now,
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20 years later, the first Amtrakrevenue service will finally
make its way to Mobile.
Now, full disclosure if I sounda little excited about Mobile
Alabama, it's because this is myhometown, which I know I've
mentioned plenty of times on theshow.
But this is where I I'm fromand to see this happening right
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here is very, very exciting.
I didn't think I would be ableto bring transit tangents to
Mobile.
Public transit isn't exactlythe highest priority in this
region.
So I am over the moon pie totake you on this journey with me
.
All right, 630 am Taking thetrain from Mobile to New Orleans
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.
I am not a morning person, so6.30 came very, very early, but
I was really excited to be atthe station and get a chance to
walk around the train and takein this historic moment.
The Mardi Gras service was madeup of three cars with two
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engines in the front and oneengine in the back, making this
train 50% engine.
Now I don't have stats on otherAmtrak trains, but this did
seem like an absurd amount ofpower for such a small train and
for not a very long trip.
Now, as people gathered aroundthe platform, there was a lot of
excitement, with plenty oflocal news crews and some
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national outlets sendingrepresentatives as well.
I boarded the train just beforedeparture and took a moment to
take a little tour from thethird car all the way up to the
cafe car, just to get mybearings, and then found a
comfortable seat.
Transit Tangents was not theonly transit podcast or YouTube
series on the train.
All right, transit Tangents inMobile and running into Miles in
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Transit.
Hey, so all of the transitnerds are converging on this one
thing today.
Yeah, exactly, I think a lotmore on the eastbound too.
A lot more on the eastbound.
Yeah, as the train startedrolling, I took a moment to walk
through the cars and ask peoplewhy they chose to be on the
first ride of the Mardi Grasservice.
Here's Laura, a Mobile native,who is taking the train with her
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friends and family.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
This is my very first train ride.
I first saw my very firstAmtrak in 1976 in Jackson
Mississippi, so I've beenintrigued by it.
I've ridden the subway butnever an Amtrak due to work.
So, taking the maiden voyagefrom my hometown of Mobile,
alabama, I look forward tohaving the opportunity
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throughout the years going fromhere to New Orleans and even
beyond.
Having Amtrak back in Mobile, Ithink, is an intricate part of
our growth, as we have MardiGras and so many historic
festivities in this area,meaning places such as a visit
to Africatown or Senior Bowl.
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So there's so much of a historyhere in the Mobile area, so we
want to share that with theworld, so look forward to it
here's to come with the word.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
So look forward to it .
Here's the cup.
Pretty soon.
We were rolling out of downtownMobile, passing all of the
shipyards that line Mobile Bay.
The scenery quickly turned toswamps, little bayous and the
pine forests that are socharacteristic of this region.
As I said at the top of theepisode, the Gulf Coast has a
legacy of passenger rail.
In fact, that legacy goes backto 1869, with the introduction
of the New Orleans, mobile andChattanooga Railroad.
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More famously, the Louisvilleand Nashville Company operated
passenger service in this regionfrom 1881 to 1971, running
flagship routes such as the PanAmerican Hummingbird and the
Gulf Wind.
All of these routes ceasedoperation in 1971 with the
introduction of Amtrak, and itwasn't until 1984 that Amtrak
attempted to restore passengerservice between New Orleans and
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Mobile with the introduction ofthe Gulf Coast Limited.
That service was quite limited,only lasting for one year.
The next attempt at reinstatingthe Gulf Coast Limited was in
1996, with a trial period thatalso lasted one year.
In 1993, mobile was added tothe Sunset Limited extension,
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which ran from Los Angeles toJacksonville, florida, and then
on to Miami and later Orlando.
Those operations ceased in 2005with Hurricane Katrina.
In 2005, with Hurricane Katrina, after a short time we crossed
the Alabama-Mississippi stateline and found ourselves rolling
into Pascagoula, home of JimmyBuffet, and where the squirrel
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went berserk in the firstself-righteous church.
I have to give a shout out toClassy Whale for also calling
this out in their video.
I'm just really happy I'm notthe only one who gets a Ray
Stevens reference.
I'm at least one of two.
Now Go check it out.
Pascagoula is the first stop onthe Monte Ross service after
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leaving Mobile.
Now this is also the first outof four stops in Mississippi.
The train station behind me wasbuilt in 1904 and is currently
being remodeled as a brewery, soa very cool amenity to have
when the train is rolling intown or you're waiting for that
train.
Now, as far as things to do inPasagula, downtown is an easy
walk from here, and while thereis no city bus service to get
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around, once you are here,everything is pretty close.
Now I'm really excited to showyou the rest of the Mississippi
Gulf Coast stops, so we're goingto continue on to Biloxi.
As we started to roll out ofPasagula, mississippi, we passed
more shipyards before we beganto see our first glimpses of
Gulf Coast marshland and openwaterways.
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This is also where I had thepleasure to meet another transit
YouTube creator, transit Arias.
Speaker 5 (09:45):
Hi, I'm Transit Arias .
I'm Aria and yeah, I'm hereafter a very long and grueling
trip all across Alabama andGeorgia because I was trying to
maximize my filming time but Iwanted to be here for the very,
very, very, very, very firstrevenue service of the Mardi
Gras.
I booked this ticket the secondI found out it was available
(10:06):
before even figuring out how Iwas going to get here and before
even requesting any time off,and I'm so glad it worked out.
I got to meet everybody on thistrain.
I think more people are goingto be on the other one, but yeah
.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Having a little time before we arrived in Biloxi, I
took the opportunity to checkout the cafe car.
The menu items were curatedespecially for this journey,
featuring a few local delicaciesfrom Mobile and New Orleans.
If you are taking the MardiGras service from Mobile, you
also have to go get a moon pieout of the car.
They specialize snacks based onthe route here.
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So you have moon pies, you haveZapp's chips, both famous for
different cities.
Moon Pies are synonymous withMardi Gras and Mobile.
They're the biggest throw andon New Year's Eve every year
they lower a 12-foot diameterelectric Moon Pie off of one of
the tallest buildings indowntown Mobile as part of the
big countdown for the year.
So don't forget this part.
As we approach Biloxi, we crossBiloxi Bay, which carried us
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over one of several swingingrail bridges operated by CSX.
You can actually take a look atGoogle Maps and see all of the
really awesome bridges along theway.
Hey, chris, yep, is Biloxi likethe Atlantic City of
Mississippi, basically Okay, allthe casinos, man, the dwell
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times are so short.
All the casinos.
Our second stop on the MardiGras service brings us to Biloxi
, mississippi.
Now Biloxi is really where theentertainment recreation heart
of Mississippi starts, kind oflike Mississippi's own Riviera.
Here you're going to find allkinds of things from casinos,
entertainment venues, beautifulold mansions and bed and
breakfast, as well as beachesthat go on for miles.
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Now, before all of that, biloxiwas actually a French colony
founded in the 1700s, and at onepoint was the capital of French
Louisiana, so this place ispacked with a lot of things to
do and a lot of history.
What it doesn't have much of isa train station.
I'm standing on basically aconcrete pad that stretches for
a few hundred feet and nothingelse.
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Now there is a CTA stop thatyou can get on if you want to
use the local bus service toconnect to any of the many
things that I just mentioned.
But but aside from that, thisis a pretty sparse station, but
maybe that's okay.
From here, we're going tocontinue on down the line to
Gulfport, where there's a littlebit more happening, and
hopefully we can show you morethere.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
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On our way to Gulfport, we didencounter our first disruption
of the day.
Our train was delayed about 35to 40 minutes due to a tractor
trailer getting stuck at therailroad crossing.
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I took the opportunity to makemy way back to the cafe car to
meet more of my fellowpassengers, and that's where I
ran into Rebecca and Grace, amother and daughter pair, on
their way to New Orleans.
Speaker 6 (13:22):
To get on the train today.
It's because it's her 19thbirthday and we have a
connection to the train becausemy great-grandfather worked on
the L&N out of Bay, st Louis,and my mother rode the train
several times as a little girland then into college to Loyola,
back and forth, and so kind oflike a whole bunch of
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generations riding a bag Nice.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Once the train started moving again, we quickly
arrived in Gulfport to a smallcrowd with one very jolly man
yes, that's Santa spending asummer vacation in Gulfport
shorts, sandals and maybe alittle suntan.
I visited Gulfport two daysbefore the inaugural revenue
ride to film the station and tocatch a glimpse of the
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ceremonial Mardi Gras servicethat was making its maiden
journey from New Orleans toMobile and back.
On that day.
I was greeted by some veryunwelcoming weather, but also
had the pleasure of meeting JoeMcHugh, a longtime Amtrak
veteran and advocate, who waskind enough to give me some
background on the Mardi Grasservice.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Hi, I'm Joe McHugh.
I retired from Amtrak in 2020,but before that I served as the
company's vice president forgovernment affairs and corporate
communications and I've beenworking on this project really
since 2014.
And it is an amazing story ofjust a group of people who have
just persevered over the lastreally 10, 11 years to get this
service started here on the GulfCoast.
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In February of 2016, we ran aninspection train from New
Orleans all the way over toJacksonville, florida.
We had amazing crowds andamazing turnout, so much
enthusiasm for the resumption ofthe service.
And it's taken nine years ofhard work by the Southern Rail
Commission and others to getthis service started, which will
start now, on Monday.
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And it's more than just a trainthat's getting started.
To get this train resumed, ifyou will, or resurrected.
After Katrina, a group ofpeople worked with Senator
Cochran and Senator Wicker andothers in the Mississippi and
the delegations here on the GulfCoast to get programs created,
such as the CorridorIdentification Project, the
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Restoration Project, otherprograms that have been funded,
which helped to spawn therebirth of this train but, more
importantly, have led to thecreation of other corridors and
other services around thecountry.
So this is more than just oneservice getting started.
It's the story of a group ofpeople who have helped to build
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a better future for railpassenger service here in the
United States, and we're soexcited finally, finally that
the service is getting started.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
After braving the weather, the ceremonial Mardi
Gras service finally arrivedwith shiny new engines and a
total of 10 passenger cars,including a very, very cool
theater car.
The third stop of the line isin Gulfport, mississippi, where
there's a lot of reallybeautiful beaches and a lot of
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great southern charm here.
Beaches and a lot of greatsouthern charm here.
Luckily, at this part of thejourney I was able to catch the
sort of test train before we getto go ride it on Monday.
That was very cool.
We're talking a lot aboutHurricane Katrina and the impact
of this region, the impact thisrail is going to have to the
region.
It kind of feels like we'refinally on the other side of
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this long road to recovery withthe reintroduction of passenger
rail.
Just like other stops, gulfportexperienced some of the worst
of Hurricane Katrina and you canstill see scars from that storm
today.
When you're driving down ortraveling down the beach area,
you find areas where old,historic homes are just gone and
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all that's left are stairs tonowhere and pillars sitting on
the open air.
So you can still see the impactthe storm had today and I know
folks here are really excited tofinally have the sense of
closure from the storm.
Gulfport's historic depotopened in 1904 as a union
station where the L&N crossedthe Gulf and Ship Island
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Railroad.
Today it houses the GulfportMuseum of History.
It was then time to say goodbyeto Santa and continue along our
journey to Bay St Louis.
The journey between Mobile andNew Orleans is expected to take
around 3 hours and 45 minutes,while driving typically takes
closer to two and a half hours.
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It's not too surprising thatthis passage takes a little
longer, despite its generallydirect route.
There are a lot of railroadcrossings, moving bridges and
freight traffic on this corridor, but overall we were traveling
around 45 miles per hour formost of the journey.
One observation that we keptrepeating over and over
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throughout the day is that folksin these towns are really
excited for the new train.
We saw so many people greetingus at the stations and actually
saw a lot of people on the sideof the road or the side of the
railroad tracks waving at us aswe passed by.
The scenery into Bay St Louisis really gorgeous.
You cross its namesake Bay StLouis.
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You approach the town over thewater, passing a huge marina,
before crossing over one of thetown's main entertainment
districts, pulling into the BaySt Louis station, we were
greeted by a large crowd dressedfor Mardi Gras, a part of the
town's heritage they arefiercely proud of.
Our fourth stop of the MardiGras line brings us to
Mississippi's secret coast,right here in Bay St Louis.
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The train station behind me hasbeen sitting here for over a
century and is located right inthe heart of this really
charming little coastalcommunity.
Originally, this train stationwas built for the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad and today itserves as a welcome center and
museum for the town, including aMardi Gras Museum.
Now, once you get to Bay StLouis, there's not a lot of
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transit In fact there's nopublic bus but everything is
very close together.
You have the entire littledowntown that's very compact,
sort of one half block and thena couple blocks to the south.
You also have the gulf, soreally easy access to beaches,
some really amazing smellingrestaurants over here and just a
really charming, charming vibe.
The restoration of thispassenger rail service is
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important to everyone on thegulf coast, especially those
that were impacted by hurricanekatrina, but probably no more
significant than right here inbay st louis.
Just next door in Waveland,mississippi, is where Hurricane
Katrina's eyewall actually cameashore and just completely
devastated the community.
So to finally see therestoration of this service 20
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years later it's sort of thelast scar to heal or the last
wound to heal from the storm.
All right, we are going to jumpback on the train and head
towards new orleans for our lastand final stop.
Leaving bay st louis, we wavedto the crowds and prepared for
our final stop in new orleans.
Just as we left bay st louis,we did catch a glimpse of the
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eastbound mardi gras service asit passed us.
I tried to get a better shotwith the camera, but it all
happened just a little tooquickly.
Now, if the scenery before thisleg of the trip was beautiful,
what you see between the nexttwo stops is breathtaking.
I absolutely loved passingthrough the coastal marshes,
grasslands and waterways, tryingto spot all the native birds
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and desperately trying tocapture an alligator on film.
Unfortunately, I did not catchone on the way.
Soon enough, the swamp gave wayto the city as we began our
approach into New Orleans,passing industrial canals where
shipping traffic is movingbetween the Mississippi River
and Lake Pontchartrain.
We then moved throughneighborhoods of historic homes
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and even through some of NewOrleans' iconic cemeteries.
With the skyline steadilyapproaching, I began gathering
my things for our arrival.
After disembarking from thetrain, I took a moment, I looked
around the platform and justreally took in the historic
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journey that we just completed.
After a little while, I made myway into the New Orleans
station to review our last stopof the day, and with that that
brings us to our fifth and finalstop on the new Mardi Gras
service from Mobile to NewOrleans.
As you can see behind me, welanded at the Union Passenger
Terminal, which is located rightin the central business
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district of New Orleans, so veryeasy access to everything the
CBD has to offer, as well as theFrench Quarter and Garden
Districts nearby.
Now this is the largest trainstation on the US Gulf Coast,
bigger than Houston, bigger thananything in the Florida
Panhandle.
This isn't just the terminusfor the Mardi Gras service.
This is also a connection forthe Sunset Limited, for the
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Amtrak Crescent and for theMardi Gras service.
This is also a connection forthe Sunset Limited, for the
Amtrak Crescent and for the Cityof New Orleans.
So a lot of nationalconnections coming out of here
as well, and a large Greyhoundbus terminal.
So once you're here, gettingaround is going to be super easy
Now, the terminal that you seebehind me.
This is actually built in 1954.
At the time, new Orleans hadfive different transit depots or
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train depots, and thisconsolidated them all into the
New Orleans Union PassengerTerminal.
If you were taking Amtrak andarriving in this area of New
Orleans, you have really easyaccess to the rest of the city.
There is the modern, updatedstreetcar line right here, steps
from the entrance, and all ofthe New Orleans city buses that
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will connect you anywhere thatyou need to go.
So very central, really easylocation to get around.
So, whether you find yourselfhere because you want to take in
a Saints game, experience MardiGras, or just have some fun on
Bourbon Street, this Unionpassenger terminal has easy
connections all over the citythat are gonna guarantee that
the good times keep rolling on.
What started as a very earlymorning in Mobile ended with a
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bright and sunny day in NewOrleans, hopefully a sign that
the Mardi Gras service has abright, festive and long-lasting
future ahead.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
It seems like you had a really good journey, jealous
that you were in New Orleansagain.
If you guys remember from avery early episode, new Orleans
was I think it was the secondcity in a day episode we did
back in like March of last year.
This is like we're dating thechannel.
Now we're almost we'reapproaching two years, which is
actually kind of crazy.
But yeah, I mean also very coolthat you got to meet some other
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transit YouTubers on.
Now we're almost we'reapproaching two years, which is
actually kind of crazy.
Um, but uh, yeah, I mean alsovery cool that you got to meet
some other transit youtuberyoutubers on the trip.
I'm a big fan of miles intransit, so I'm a little jealous
.
Uh, when you texted me, youwere like miles is on this train
with me.
I immediately looked at jerryactually my partner and I was
just like oh, like miles intransit is on the same train as
chris and jerry was just lookingat me like I was such a yeah, I
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met Miles in transit, metTransit Arias, also another
content creator.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Saw some other content creators who were on the
eastbound train.
Check out Classy Whale's videoif you haven't already seen it.
Yeah, it was really cool to seethe amount of excitement and
attention that this was gettingon that weekend.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
And we'll make sure all those folks who have posted
videos about this are linkeddown below if you're interested
in seeing some alternateperspectives.
I know chris made a few cameosand miles video as well, so, um,
that was pretty fun, butoverall, definitely very
exciting to see this type ofservice being added to the gulf
coast region.
Um, and also, like two trains aday is in in each direction,
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it's pretty pretty.
I mean, it's not, it's not good, but it's better than what I
would have expected, if thatmakes sense.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
No, but I think it'll also match some of the patterns
in that region.
So you're not really commutingbetween Mobile and New Orleans
for work, but what you are doingis doing day trips.
So this is really beneficialfor everyone on the Gulf Coast
of Mississippi because now theyhave the option of going to
these close city pairs.
They can actually use this as amorning commute or they can go
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to New Orleans or Mobile I thinkit was on Classy Whale's video
they make a comment about thisshould really be called the
Mississippian because it'sprimarily a Mississippi railroad
.
But all in all, I'm reallyoptimistic that people will use
this as a fun day trip or kindof train.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Yeah, and hopefully it's the kind of thing that it
it just kind of builds uponitself.
Um, they're I think you weresaying they're expecting
ridership of around 60 000people a year, um, which would
be, which would be pretty good,and hopefully we see that kind
of continue to build upon itself.
Um, and you know, this could bethe kind of thing where they
potentially add more capacity tothe line or they add additional
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trips in the future.
And the other thing I kind oflike about this is it's not
incredibly long, like.
I feel like so many of theAmtrak routes are just these.
Like you know, there's a lot ofthese really long distance
routes that feel to me prettyimpractical, and they're prone
to long delays and all sorts ofstuff like that.
So I kind of like that this isjust like it serves a clear
purpose.
It's not trying to be somemassive route.
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It goes, you know, just justfrom Mobile to New Orleans and
kind of gets the job done, ifthat makes sense.
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on this episode, we are heading down to the gulf
coast region to take Amtrak'sbrand new Mardi Gras service
from Mobile to New Orleans.
Join us on this historicjourney on this episode of
Transit Tangents.
Hey everybody, welcome back tothis episode of Transit Tangents
.
My name is Chris and I'm Lewis,and today we are talking about
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the birth of a brand new Amtrakservice.
We are talking about the birthof a brand new Amtrak service.
It's actually the firstpassenger rail service on the
Gulf Coast in two decades and weare talking about Amtrak's
brand new Mardi Gras service.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
And this service is of particular interest for Chris
.
Chris grew up in Mobile, if youdon't know that, and I'm very
jealous that I was not able topartake in this journey.
Unfortunately, as you all know,I did move to Germany a couple
months back now Well, not thatmany months back, almost two
months back now so I wasn't ableto join on this one, and this
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is kind of one of our firstepisodes.
That is really just one of usor the other, and it seems like
you had a pretty successfuljourney down on the Gulf Coast,
though.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Yeah, absolutely had an amazing time.
I was able to go to New Orleanson the way to Mobile, stop at
each of the stations and filmand talk about them, and then,
bright and early Monday morning,was able to jump on the Amtrak
and take it back to New Orleansbefore flying back to Austin.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, and to be clear , this was the first of this
train that has run publicly ever.
So pretty exciting stuff.
But without further ado let'sjump right into Chris's trip on
the brand new Amtrak Mardi Grasservice.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
For this episode.
We are going south to the GulfCoast region to ride the brand
new Amtrak Mardi Gras servicefrom Mobile to New Orleans.
Now we've been talking aboutthis new line for a few months
now, but it is finally happeningon August 18th 2025.
Now this episode will come outabout one week after the service
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starts.
So why is Amtrak calling thisthe Mardi Gras service?
What you may not know is thatMobile was originally a French
colony founded in 1702, makingit 16 years older than New
Orleans.
It was in these first 16 yearsof Mobile history that North
American Mardi Gras was born,just steps away from the current
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train station.
In fact, mobile, biloxi and NewOrleans were founded as a
string of French colonies andstill maintain a deep cultural
bond to this day, includingcelebrating Mardi Gras.
Amtrak has operated in Mobilebefore, the Sunset Limited used
to travel from Los Angelesthrough Mobile on its way to
Jacksonville, florida and thenMiami.
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But even before that, mobilehad a legacy of passenger
service that connected it to itssister city of New Orleans and
the rest of the country.
We can still see this legacytoday in the form of the GM&O
building, which was the GulfMobile and Ohio Rail Terminal.
That's just on the other sideof downtown from the current
Amtrak station and currentlyserves as the hub for Mobile's
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Wave Transit system.
This new train is so importantbecause it is the restoration of
passenger service to thisregion.
On August 29th 2005, hurricaneKatrina slammed into the Gulf
Coast, bringing devastationstretching from Mobile to New
Orleans and beyond.
Everyone knows about thecatastrophic flooding in New
Orleans, but storm surgesinundated coastal communities
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across Mississippi and Alabama,including downtown Mobile, where
the former CSX station servedas Mobile's train station and
connection to the Amtrak SunsetLimited.
The storm surge in this arearose more than 10 feet over that
former station.
All passenger rail servicestopped after Katrina and now,
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20 years later, the first Amtrakrevenue service will finally
make its way to Mobile.
Now, full disclosure if I sounda little excited about Mobile
Alabama, it's because this is myhometown, which I know I've
mentioned plenty of times on theshow.
But this is where I I'm fromand to see this happening right
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here is very, very exciting.
I didn't think I would be ableto bring transit tangents to
Mobile.
Public transit isn't exactlythe highest priority in this
region.
So I am over the moon pie totake you on this journey with me
.
All right, 630 am Taking thetrain from Mobile to New Orleans
(04:46):
.
I am not a morning person, so6.30 came very, very early, but
I was really excited to be atthe station and get a chance to
walk around the train and takein this historic moment.
The Mardi Gras service was madeup of three cars with two
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engines in the front and oneengine in the back, making this
train 50% engine.
Now I don't have stats on otherAmtrak trains, but this did
seem like an absurd amount ofpower for such a small train and
for not a very long trip.
Now, as people gathered aroundthe platform, there was a lot of
excitement, with plenty oflocal news crews and some
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national outlets sendingrepresentatives as well.
I boarded the train just beforedeparture and took a moment to
take a little tour from thethird car all the way up to the
cafe car, just to get mybearings, and then found a
comfortable seat.
Transit Tangents was not theonly transit podcast or YouTube
series on the train.
All right, transit Tangents inMobile and running into Miles in
(05:51):
Transit.
Hey, so all of the transitnerds are converging on this one
thing today.
Yeah, exactly, I think a lotmore on the eastbound too.
A lot more on the eastbound.
Yeah, as the train startedrolling, I took a moment to walk
through the cars and ask peoplewhy they chose to be on the
first ride of the Mardi Grasservice.
Here's Laura, a Mobile native,who is taking the train with her
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friends and family.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
This is my very first train ride.
I first saw my very firstAmtrak in 1976 in Jackson
Mississippi, so I've beenintrigued by it.
I've ridden the subway butnever an Amtrak due to work.
So, taking the maiden voyagefrom my hometown of Mobile,
alabama, I look forward tohaving the opportunity
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throughout the years going fromhere to New Orleans and even
beyond.
Having Amtrak back in Mobile, Ithink, is an intricate part of
our growth, as we have MardiGras and so many historic
festivities in this area,meaning places such as a visit
to Africatown or Senior Bowl.
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So there's so much of a historyhere in the Mobile area, so we
want to share that with theworld, so look forward to it
here's to come with the word.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
So look forward to it .
Here's the cup.
Pretty soon.
We were rolling out of downtownMobile, passing all of the
shipyards that line Mobile Bay.
The scenery quickly turned toswamps, little bayous and the
pine forests that are socharacteristic of this region.
As I said at the top of theepisode, the Gulf Coast has a
legacy of passenger rail.
In fact, that legacy goes backto 1869, with the introduction
of the New Orleans, mobile andChattanooga Railroad.
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More famously, the Louisvilleand Nashville Company operated
passenger service in this regionfrom 1881 to 1971, running
flagship routes such as the PanAmerican Hummingbird and the
Gulf Wind.
All of these routes ceasedoperation in 1971 with the
introduction of Amtrak, and itwasn't until 1984 that Amtrak
attempted to restore passengerservice between New Orleans and
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Mobile with the introduction ofthe Gulf Coast Limited.
That service was quite limited,only lasting for one year.
The next attempt at reinstatingthe Gulf Coast Limited was in
1996, with a trial period thatalso lasted one year.
In 1993, mobile was added tothe Sunset Limited extension,
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which ran from Los Angeles toJacksonville, florida, and then
on to Miami and later Orlando.
Those operations ceased in 2005with Hurricane Katrina.
In 2005, with Hurricane Katrina, after a short time we crossed
the Alabama-Mississippi stateline and found ourselves rolling
into Pascagoula, home of JimmyBuffet, and where the squirrel
(08:34):
went berserk in the firstself-righteous church.
I have to give a shout out toClassy Whale for also calling
this out in their video.
I'm just really happy I'm notthe only one who gets a Ray
Stevens reference.
I'm at least one of two.
Now Go check it out.
Pascagoula is the first stop onthe Monte Ross service after
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leaving Mobile.
Now this is also the first outof four stops in Mississippi.
The train station behind me wasbuilt in 1904 and is currently
being remodeled as a brewery, soa very cool amenity to have
when the train is rolling intown or you're waiting for that
train.
Now, as far as things to do inPasagula, downtown is an easy
walk from here, and while thereis no city bus service to get
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around, once you are here,everything is pretty close.
Now I'm really excited to showyou the rest of the Mississippi
Gulf Coast stops, so we're goingto continue on to Biloxi.
As we started to roll out ofPasagula, mississippi, we passed
more shipyards before we beganto see our first glimpses of
Gulf Coast marshland and openwaterways.
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This is also where I had thepleasure to meet another transit
YouTube creator, transit Arias.
Speaker 5 (09:45):
Hi, I'm Transit Arias .
I'm Aria and yeah, I'm hereafter a very long and grueling
trip all across Alabama andGeorgia because I was trying to
maximize my filming time but Iwanted to be here for the very,
very, very, very, very firstrevenue service of the Mardi
Gras.
I booked this ticket the secondI found out it was available
(10:06):
before even figuring out how Iwas going to get here and before
even requesting any time off,and I'm so glad it worked out.
I got to meet everybody on thistrain.
I think more people are goingto be on the other one, but yeah
.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Having a little time before we arrived in Biloxi, I
took the opportunity to checkout the cafe car.
The menu items were curatedespecially for this journey,
featuring a few local delicaciesfrom Mobile and New Orleans.
If you are taking the MardiGras service from Mobile, you
also have to go get a moon pieout of the car.
They specialize snacks based onthe route here.
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So you have moon pies, you haveZapp's chips, both famous for
different cities.
Moon Pies are synonymous withMardi Gras and Mobile.
They're the biggest throw andon New Year's Eve every year
they lower a 12-foot diameterelectric Moon Pie off of one of
the tallest buildings indowntown Mobile as part of the
big countdown for the year.
So don't forget this part.
As we approach Biloxi, we crossBiloxi Bay, which carried us
(11:04):
over one of several swingingrail bridges operated by CSX.
You can actually take a look atGoogle Maps and see all of the
really awesome bridges along theway.
Hey, chris, yep, is Biloxi likethe Atlantic City of
Mississippi, basically Okay, allthe casinos, man, the dwell
(11:30):
times are so short.
All the casinos.
Our second stop on the MardiGras service brings us to Biloxi
, mississippi.
Now Biloxi is really where theentertainment recreation heart
of Mississippi starts, kind oflike Mississippi's own Riviera.
Here you're going to find allkinds of things from casinos,
entertainment venues, beautifulold mansions and bed and
breakfast, as well as beachesthat go on for miles.
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Now, before all of that, biloxiwas actually a French colony
founded in the 1700s, and at onepoint was the capital of French
Louisiana, so this place ispacked with a lot of things to
do and a lot of history.
What it doesn't have much of isa train station.
I'm standing on basically aconcrete pad that stretches for
a few hundred feet and nothingelse.
(12:15):
Now there is a CTA stop thatyou can get on if you want to
use the local bus service toconnect to any of the many
things that I just mentioned.
But but aside from that, thisis a pretty sparse station, but
maybe that's okay.
From here, we're going tocontinue on down the line to
Gulfport, where there's a littlebit more happening, and
hopefully we can show you morethere.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
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On our way to Gulfport, we didencounter our first disruption
of the day.
Our train was delayed about 35to 40 minutes due to a tractor
trailer getting stuck at therailroad crossing.
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I took the opportunity to makemy way back to the cafe car to
meet more of my fellowpassengers, and that's where I
ran into Rebecca and Grace, amother and daughter pair, on
their way to New Orleans.
Speaker 6 (13:22):
To get on the train today.
It's because it's her 19thbirthday and we have a
connection to the train becausemy great-grandfather worked on
the L&N out of Bay, st Louis,and my mother rode the train
several times as a little girland then into college to Loyola,
back and forth, and so kind oflike a whole bunch of
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generations riding a bag Nice.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Once the train started moving again, we quickly
arrived in Gulfport to a smallcrowd with one very jolly man
yes, that's Santa spending asummer vacation in Gulfport
shorts, sandals and maybe alittle suntan.
I visited Gulfport two daysbefore the inaugural revenue
ride to film the station and tocatch a glimpse of the
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ceremonial Mardi Gras servicethat was making its maiden
journey from New Orleans toMobile and back.
On that day.
I was greeted by some veryunwelcoming weather, but also
had the pleasure of meeting JoeMcHugh, a longtime Amtrak
veteran and advocate, who waskind enough to give me some
background on the Mardi Grasservice.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Hi, I'm Joe McHugh.
I retired from Amtrak in 2020,but before that I served as the
company's vice president forgovernment affairs and corporate
communications and I've beenworking on this project really
since 2014.
And it is an amazing story ofjust a group of people who have
just persevered over the lastreally 10, 11 years to get this
service started here on the GulfCoast.
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In February of 2016, we ran aninspection train from New
Orleans all the way over toJacksonville, florida.
We had amazing crowds andamazing turnout, so much
enthusiasm for the resumption ofthe service.
And it's taken nine years ofhard work by the Southern Rail
Commission and others to getthis service started, which will
start now, on Monday.
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And it's more than just a trainthat's getting started.
To get this train resumed, ifyou will, or resurrected.
After Katrina, a group ofpeople worked with Senator
Cochran and Senator Wicker andothers in the Mississippi and
the delegations here on the GulfCoast to get programs created,
such as the CorridorIdentification Project, the
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Restoration Project, otherprograms that have been funded,
which helped to spawn therebirth of this train but, more
importantly, have led to thecreation of other corridors and
other services around thecountry.
So this is more than just oneservice getting started.
It's the story of a group ofpeople who have helped to build
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a better future for railpassenger service here in the
United States, and we're soexcited finally, finally that
the service is getting started.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
After braving the weather, the ceremonial Mardi
Gras service finally arrivedwith shiny new engines and a
total of 10 passenger cars,including a very, very cool
theater car.
The third stop of the line isin Gulfport, mississippi, where
there's a lot of reallybeautiful beaches and a lot of
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great southern charm here.
Beaches and a lot of greatsouthern charm here.
Luckily, at this part of thejourney I was able to catch the
sort of test train before we getto go ride it on Monday.
That was very cool.
We're talking a lot aboutHurricane Katrina and the impact
of this region, the impact thisrail is going to have to the
region.
It kind of feels like we'refinally on the other side of
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this long road to recovery withthe reintroduction of passenger
rail.
Just like other stops, gulfportexperienced some of the worst
of Hurricane Katrina and you canstill see scars from that storm
today.
When you're driving down ortraveling down the beach area,
you find areas where old,historic homes are just gone and
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all that's left are stairs tonowhere and pillars sitting on
the open air.
So you can still see the impactthe storm had today and I know
folks here are really excited tofinally have the sense of
closure from the storm.
Gulfport's historic depotopened in 1904 as a union
station where the L&N crossedthe Gulf and Ship Island
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Railroad.
Today it houses the GulfportMuseum of History.
It was then time to say goodbyeto Santa and continue along our
journey to Bay St Louis.
The journey between Mobile andNew Orleans is expected to take
around 3 hours and 45 minutes,while driving typically takes
closer to two and a half hours.
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It's not too surprising thatthis passage takes a little
longer, despite its generallydirect route.
There are a lot of railroadcrossings, moving bridges and
freight traffic on this corridor, but overall we were traveling
around 45 miles per hour formost of the journey.
One observation that we keptrepeating over and over
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throughout the day is that folksin these towns are really
excited for the new train.
We saw so many people greetingus at the stations and actually
saw a lot of people on the sideof the road or the side of the
railroad tracks waving at us aswe passed by.
The scenery into Bay St Louisis really gorgeous.
You cross its namesake Bay StLouis.
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You approach the town over thewater, passing a huge marina,
before crossing over one of thetown's main entertainment
districts, pulling into the BaySt Louis station, we were
greeted by a large crowd dressedfor Mardi Gras, a part of the
town's heritage they arefiercely proud of.
Our fourth stop of the MardiGras line brings us to
Mississippi's secret coast,right here in Bay St Louis.
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The train station behind me hasbeen sitting here for over a
century and is located right inthe heart of this really
charming little coastalcommunity.
Originally, this train stationwas built for the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad and today itserves as a welcome center and
museum for the town, including aMardi Gras Museum.
Now, once you get to Bay StLouis, there's not a lot of
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transit In fact there's nopublic bus but everything is
very close together.
You have the entire littledowntown that's very compact,
sort of one half block and thena couple blocks to the south.
You also have the gulf, soreally easy access to beaches,
some really amazing smellingrestaurants over here and just a
really charming, charming vibe.
The restoration of thispassenger rail service is
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important to everyone on thegulf coast, especially those
that were impacted by hurricanekatrina, but probably no more
significant than right here inbay st louis.
Just next door in Waveland,mississippi, is where Hurricane
Katrina's eyewall actually cameashore and just completely
devastated the community.
So to finally see therestoration of this service 20
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years later it's sort of thelast scar to heal or the last
wound to heal from the storm.
All right, we are going to jumpback on the train and head
towards new orleans for our lastand final stop.
Leaving bay st louis, we wavedto the crowds and prepared for
our final stop in new orleans.
Just as we left bay st louis,we did catch a glimpse of the
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eastbound mardi gras service asit passed us.
I tried to get a better shotwith the camera, but it all
happened just a little tooquickly.
Now, if the scenery before thisleg of the trip was beautiful,
what you see between the nexttwo stops is breathtaking.
I absolutely loved passingthrough the coastal marshes,
grasslands and waterways, tryingto spot all the native birds
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and desperately trying tocapture an alligator on film.
Unfortunately, I did not catchone on the way.
Soon enough, the swamp gave wayto the city as we began our
approach into New Orleans,passing industrial canals where
shipping traffic is movingbetween the Mississippi River
and Lake Pontchartrain.
We then moved throughneighborhoods of historic homes
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and even through some of NewOrleans' iconic cemeteries.
With the skyline steadilyapproaching, I began gathering
my things for our arrival.
After disembarking from thetrain, I took a moment, I looked
around the platform and justreally took in the historic
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journey that we just completed.
After a little while, I made myway into the New Orleans
station to review our last stopof the day, and with that that
brings us to our fifth and finalstop on the new Mardi Gras
service from Mobile to NewOrleans.
As you can see behind me, welanded at the Union Passenger
Terminal, which is located rightin the central business
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district of New Orleans, so veryeasy access to everything the
CBD has to offer, as well as theFrench Quarter and Garden
Districts nearby.
Now this is the largest trainstation on the US Gulf Coast,
bigger than Houston, bigger thananything in the Florida
Panhandle.
This isn't just the terminusfor the Mardi Gras service.
This is also a connection forthe Sunset Limited, for the
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Amtrak Crescent and for theMardi Gras service.
This is also a connection forthe Sunset Limited, for the
Amtrak Crescent and for the Cityof New Orleans.
So a lot of nationalconnections coming out of here
as well, and a large Greyhoundbus terminal.
So once you're here, gettingaround is going to be super easy
Now, the terminal that you seebehind me.
This is actually built in 1954.
At the time, new Orleans hadfive different transit depots or
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train depots, and thisconsolidated them all into the
New Orleans Union PassengerTerminal.
If you were taking Amtrak andarriving in this area of New
Orleans, you have really easyaccess to the rest of the city.
There is the modern, updatedstreetcar line right here, steps
from the entrance, and all ofthe New Orleans city buses that
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will connect you anywhere thatyou need to go.
So very central, really easylocation to get around.
So, whether you find yourselfhere because you want to take in
a Saints game, experience MardiGras, or just have some fun on
Bourbon Street, this Unionpassenger terminal has easy
connections all over the citythat are gonna guarantee that
the good times keep rolling on.
What started as a very earlymorning in Mobile ended with a
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bright and sunny day in NewOrleans, hopefully a sign that
the Mardi Gras service has abright, festive and long-lasting
future ahead.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
It seems like you had a really good journey, jealous
that you were in New Orleansagain.
If you guys remember from avery early episode, new Orleans
was I think it was the secondcity in a day episode we did
back in like March of last year.
This is like we're dating thechannel.
Now we're almost we'reapproaching two years, which is
actually kind of crazy.
But yeah, I mean also very coolthat you got to meet some other
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transit YouTubers on.
Now we're almost we'reapproaching two years, which is
actually kind of crazy.
Um, but uh, yeah, I mean alsovery cool that you got to meet
some other transit youtuberyoutubers on the trip.
I'm a big fan of miles intransit, so I'm a little jealous
.
Uh, when you texted me, youwere like miles is on this train
with me.
I immediately looked at jerryactually my partner and I was
just like oh, like miles intransit is on the same train as
chris and jerry was just lookingat me like I was such a yeah, I
(24:08):
met Miles in transit, metTransit Arias, also another
content creator.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
Saw some other content creators who were on the
eastbound train.
Check out Classy Whale's videoif you haven't already seen it.
Yeah, it was really cool to seethe amount of excitement and
attention that this was gettingon that weekend.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
And we'll make sure all those folks who have posted
videos about this are linkeddown below if you're interested
in seeing some alternateperspectives.
I know chris made a few cameosand miles video as well, so, um,
that was pretty fun, butoverall, definitely very
exciting to see this type ofservice being added to the gulf
coast region.
Um, and also, like two trains aday is in in each direction,
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it's pretty pretty.
I mean, it's not, it's not good, but it's better than what I
would have expected, if thatmakes sense.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
No, but I think it'll also match some of the patterns
in that region.
So you're not really commutingbetween Mobile and New Orleans
for work, but what you are doingis doing day trips.
So this is really beneficialfor everyone on the Gulf Coast
of Mississippi because now theyhave the option of going to
these close city pairs.
They can actually use this as amorning commute or they can go
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to New Orleans or Mobile I thinkit was on Classy Whale's video
they make a comment about thisshould really be called the
Mississippian because it'sprimarily a Mississippi railroad
.
But all in all, I'm reallyoptimistic that people will use
this as a fun day trip or kindof train.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Yeah, and hopefully it's the kind of thing that it
it just kind of builds uponitself.
Um, they're I think you weresaying they're expecting
ridership of around 60 000people a year, um, which would
be, which would be pretty good,and hopefully we see that kind
of continue to build upon itself.
Um, and you know, this could bethe kind of thing where they
potentially add more capacity tothe line or they add additional
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trips in the future.
And the other thing I kind oflike about this is it's not
incredibly long, like.
I feel like so many of theAmtrak routes are just these.
Like you know, there's a lot ofthese really long distance
routes that feel to me prettyimpractical, and they're prone
to long delays and all sorts ofstuff like that.
So I kind of like that this isjust like it serves a clear
purpose.
It's not trying to be somemassive route.
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It goes, you know, just justfrom Mobile to New Orleans and
kind of gets the job done, ifthat makes sense.
With all that being said,though, thank you all so much
for watching this video.
If you want to support the showdirectly, the best way to do so
is via our Patreon, our merchstore, or buy me a coffee.
We're trying to do someadditional stuff for Patreon.
I actually recorded a littlevideo last week about a topic
that's going to be coming upsoon.
(26:35):
That was just me doing somepreparation work for an episode
about how Austin is kind ofgoing to be changing a lot of
their transit system to getready for the new light rail
that will be constructedbeginning in 2027.
Fingers crossed.
So that was like something new.
We're going to try to do morestuff like that.
(26:55):
If you have suggestions oranything, definitely let us know
.
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