railroad@ucbvax.ARPA (11/02/84)
From: David.Black@CMU-CS-A.ARPA The Carolinian (889/890) is actually a through train to/from New York in combination with the present Palmetto (89/90). The cars for the Carolinian are split from the Palmetto in Richmond, VA and the train follows the ex-SAL route to Raleigh (also served by the Silver Star) before switching to Southern rails to continue to Charlotte. A related service change is that the "second section" of the Crescent which ran this past summer between New York and Washington to handle local passengers is now a separate train, the Virginian, and has been extended to/from Richmond. This train will permanantly remove local Northeast Corridor passengers from The Crescent, according it the same status as the Silver Star/Silver Meteor to/from Florida. BTW the Auto Train operates daily as of October 15. <Information from NARP and current Amtrak timetable>