Train across USA #11: Chicago-New Orleans sleeper on Amtrak's City of New Orleans 2016-05-12

An Amtrak City of New Orleans train leaves Chicago on an early summer evening, travels through the Deep South, and reaches its destination early next afternoon. 0:20 Boarding sleeper car 1:13 Leaving Union Station, Chicago 4:54 Twilight in Chicago 0:45 A roomette in an Amtrak sleeping car 6:55-7;20 Breakfast 7:20-7:38 Train operation announcement from train engineer 11:15 Greenwood, Mississippi 11:15-19:00 Greenwood, Mississippi 25:00-28:00 Yazoo City, Mississippi 26:55 Leaving Yazoo City 35:57 Jackson, Mississippi arrival announcement 40:30 Arriving Jackson, Mississippi 49:04 Arriving Hazlehurst, Mississippi 50:49 Leaving Hazlehurst, Mississippi 52:00 Lunch on the "City of New Orleans" 53:20 Arriving Brookhaven, Mississippi 54:39-54:45 Transiting Summit, Mississippi 55:00-55:20 I.C. [Illinois Central] Lake, built by the railway, McComb, Mississippi http://wikimapia.org/2732535/I-C-Lake... 55:35 McComb, Mississippi 55:40-56:00 Magnolia, Mississippi 1:02:30 Hammond, Louisiana, arrival announcement 1:05:35 Arriving at Hammond, Louisiana 1:06:05 Leaving Hammond, Louisiana 1:06:50 Downtown Hammond 1:11:18-1:11:25 Lake Maurepas, Louisiana 1:11:27-1:26:40 Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana 1:32:55 Delta Airlines jet on final approach to runway 01 at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport 1:54:50 Arriving at ITC, New Orleans Lake Maurepas Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana