New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Longest continuous curve on U.S. rails

AMTRAK 58 -- a.k.a. the 'City of New Orleans' travels 79- mph through
algae-spotted swamps, over stout wooden trestles, and beside Lake
Pontchartrain's lapping waters along one of the longest continuous curves on
U.S. rails.