Riding on The City New Orleans: A train - A Song - A Region
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2021
- April 2021
Craig Sanders, past president of the Akron Railroad Club and author of several books and Trains Magazine articles, presents a unique history of the origins of the song, The City of New Orleans along with insights of his favorite railroad: The Illinois Central.
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THANK U for this video !!!! I "was" an IC brakeman back in 1968 out of Palestine, IL. We could go either way out of Palestine..to Indianapolis or to Effingham and get on "the Main" and head South to the Bluford Cutoff. However, since your video is about the passenger side of IC, it reminds me of a story I remember in Trains Magazine about David P. Morgan (the Editor) stating that "Burlington's #21 was the fastest passenger train in the Country". He was sent 2 tickets and an invitation to ride any IC passenger train out of Chicago to anywhere South but specifically to New Orleans if he wanted. Morgan was told he had to ride in the cab !!!!!! Later he wrote another article in Trains stating that he had been WRONG about Burlington's #21. He had ridden either The City of New Orleans or the Panama Limited (I don't remember which) from Chicago to New Orleans...in the cab. He stated that going thru Homewood , IL the speedometer hit 105 mph !!!! He admitted he had been wrong !!!
Very nice! Thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
A song I've listened to since age 14. Growing up with a love for trains, I didn't have to hear this song many times before it became a part of my lifelong music collection. But I never took the time to learn about Steve Goodman & how his experience with The City of New Orleans led to his writing this song. I recall not being a fan of Willy Nelson for what I considered "cashing in on another performer's hit song", something that bothered me then and continues to this day whenever it happens. This will always be one of those songs where the volume gets increased whenever it plays on my car radio.
Love it I’m and IC fan for life! Fulton Ky was my station and I have a CZcams Illinois Central fan
What a fantastic video, thanks for sharing 👍
This was painful and stressful with all the tech issues in simply advancing the slides