o Diesel fuel
o One engineer
o One handy capped room per car
o Five public restrooms
o Public restrooms are for any body in the sleeper car
o The family car is width of the car
o Finds of rooms are Handy Capped, Deluxe, Family, and
Standard
o Family car comes with two windows, a closet, and four
beds
o The rooms only lock on the inside
o The Doors for the standard rooms are glass but come with curtains
o Their is netting on the bunk beds.
o Ten standard rooms up stairs and four down stairs
o In the deluxe bedroom their are two buttons in the
restroom one to flush and one to turn on the shower
o Your meals are part of the room charge is you are in a
sleeper car
o It takes about nineteen hours to go from New Orleans to
Chicago
o They have a menu for the diner car
o In the coach seats there is a place for your luggage
o The coach seats have a footrest
o If you were not sleeping on the train you sit in the coach seats
o If you want to sleep on the train it is cheaper to stay in coach then to stay in a sleeper
o You are free to walk around the train
o In the center of the car there is a stair well
o During the night it is good to have a light blanket
o The train does not just go from New Orleans to Chicago
o The crash in 1999 the train was repaired
o The train got hit in the front of the train
o Different coaches have different colors
o The train has a room with big windows for sightseeing
o The train has a snack car
o In the evening you can watch a movie in the sightseeing
car
o The City of New Orleans was built before the Civil War
o They make all of the food down stairs
o The food is brought up on little elevators
o The deluxe rooms are lettered a-e
o Room number a is the only one that is different
o The standard rooms are numbered 1-14
o# 15 is the family room
o The H room is down stairs and it is the handy capped
room
o The diner is usely half for sleepers and half for coach
o The train is usely full during Mardi Gras
o The train is allowed to go up to seventy-nine miles per
hour