In a car culture, trains like ‘The Crescent’ holding on in Alabama

By Beth Thames, AL.com; April 5, 2018

I’ve always loved trains, even when they’re unpredictable.

The train from Birmingham to New Orleans — the Crescent –was four hours late last week. Travelers sat in the newly spruced-up station on Morris Avenue, napping or reading. Some were spring breakers with backpacks and others looked decades beyond that.

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