River Cities
New Orleans—St. Louis—Kansas City
The River Cities ran from April 20, 1984, to November 4, 1994, as a through coach
and sleeper between the City of New Orleans at Carbondale and the St.
Louis-Kansas City service
East Bridge Junction to New Orleans (NOUPT)
East Bridge Junction to Orleans Junction (New Orleans)
Orleans Junction to Hammond
Hammond to Jackson
Jackson to Memphis via Grenada (prior to the mid 1990s)
Jackson to Memphis via Yazoo City (since the mid 1990s)
Memphis to Fulton
Fulton to Du Quoin
Du Quoin to East St. Louis (IC)
["Amtrak in the Heartland" says that the River Citie4s ran between
Carbondale and St. Louis via Centrali, on the IC, and the
NS route between Centralia and East St. Louis.]
East St. Louis to Gratiot
[East St. Louis to Q Tower
Gratiot to Q Tower
Grand Avenue to Gratiot (St. Louis)
Iron Mountain Junction to Grand Avenue (St. Louis)
Jefferson City to Iron Mountain Junction
Independence to Jefferson City (via Sedalia)
Kansas City (Sheffield) to Independence
Kansas City Terminal