Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Illinois_Central_Railroad's_City_of_New_Orleans
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:train
gptkbp:broadcastOn overnight service
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1971
gptkbp:distance approximately 900 miles
gptkbp:equipment streamlined passenger cars
gptkbp:famousFor subject of the song 'City of New Orleans'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans
gptkbp:inaugurated 1947
gptkbp:notableFor fastest scheduled long-distance passenger train in North America (at inauguration)
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkb:Carbondale,_Illinois
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Amtrak
gptkbp:route gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:routeEnd gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
gptkbp:serviceType gptkb:train
gptkbp:songPopularizedBy gptkb:Arlo_Guthrie
gptkbp:successor Amtrak's City of New Orleans
gptkbp:trainNumber 1 (southbound), 2 (northbound)
gptkbp:wroteSongFor gptkb:Steve_Goodman
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:City_of_New_Orleans_(Amtrak)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8