Crescent Limited Louisville & Nashville #TrainThursday

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The Crescent Limited Louisville & Nashville ran from New Orleans to New York City. Crescent Limited Louisville & Nashville "Best and Fastest Service between Canal Street and Broadway." That's how the L&N advertised service on the Crescent Limited in the Times-Picayune, 5-January-1927. While the route started back in the 1890s, the name "Crescent Limited" was only two years old at the time of this ad. The Southern Railway system, which began in 1894, operated the route from New York to Atlanta. By 1906, the route became the New York and New Orleans Limited. By 1925, Southern re-branded the route. PRR...