City of New Orleans

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As [Sylvar] said, the [City of New Orleans] is operated by [Amtrak] between [Chicago] and [New Orleans] - a route covering, in fact, more than 900 miles. Daily departures are entirely [Superliner]s, with coach, [sleeper car|sleeper], [diner car|dining], and lounge cars available. Regional cuisine is offered in the dining car, and for part of the year "Trails and Rails" tour guides from the [National Park Service] are onboard giving presentations about the area going by outside the train. Movies and games are offered, and Hospitality Hour is available for [first class] passengers. Within [Illinois], the train makes stops in Chicago, Homewood, Kankakee, Champaign-Urbana, Mattoon, Effingham, Centralia, and Carbondale, then enters [Kentucky] for a stop in Fulton. In [Tennessee], the train stops in Newbern-Dyersburg and [Memphis], then within [Mississippi] stops in Greenwood, Yazoo City, [Jackson, MS|Jackson], Hazlehurst, Brookhaven, and McComb. The route completes its run in [Louisiana] with stops in Hammond and New Orleans. Amtrak offers connecting service via [motorcoach] from Carbondale to [St. Louis], and from New Orleans to [Baton Rouge]. Depending on departure and arrival cities, the trip can take anywhere from 2.5 hours to 19.5 hours for the full run. Rental cars from [Hertz] are available in Chicago and New Orleans, which are also destinations for Amtrak Vacations packages.

Source: Amtrak's 2001 Travel Planner
Further information: http://www.patsweb.com/trainframe.htm