MattW
Conductor
Every now and then on here when talking about the Crescent, I've seen talk about running a second Crescent running in daylight between Atlanta and Washington, but would that even work? Looking at the Crescent's schedule right now, the simple solution would be to introduce the second frequency running on a 12 hour shifted schedule of the current Crescent.
So #19A as we'll call it would leave NYP at 2:04 AM, leave WAS at 6:30 AM, leave ATL at 8:38PM and arrive NOL at 7:38AM the next day.
#20A would leave NOL at 7:05PM, leave ATL at 8:21AM the next day, leave WAS at 10:10PM, and arrive NYP at 2:40AM the next day. Does anyone really want to go in or out of New York at 2AM? I just don't think this would work much as I'd like it to. An alternative might be to back up the "daylight" schedule by 2 hours so you'd have #19A going calling at midnight, 4AM, 6PM, and 5AM and #20 calling at 5PM, 6AM, 8PM, and midnight. But that gives crap time at WAS and NOL southbound.
Much as I'd love to get on in Atlanta in the morning and be in Washington in the evening, I'd also rather have a train people will use thus "spreading goodwill" about passenger rail service in general.
So #19A as we'll call it would leave NYP at 2:04 AM, leave WAS at 6:30 AM, leave ATL at 8:38PM and arrive NOL at 7:38AM the next day.
#20A would leave NOL at 7:05PM, leave ATL at 8:21AM the next day, leave WAS at 10:10PM, and arrive NYP at 2:40AM the next day. Does anyone really want to go in or out of New York at 2AM? I just don't think this would work much as I'd like it to. An alternative might be to back up the "daylight" schedule by 2 hours so you'd have #19A going calling at midnight, 4AM, 6PM, and 5AM and #20 calling at 5PM, 6AM, 8PM, and midnight. But that gives crap time at WAS and NOL southbound.
Much as I'd love to get on in Atlanta in the morning and be in Washington in the evening, I'd also rather have a train people will use thus "spreading goodwill" about passenger rail service in general.