*THE DEPARTURE DATE HAS BEEN MOVED UP DUE TO CONCERN ABOUT AMTRAK'S CHRONIC DELAYS. WE WILL NOW BE LEAVING NEW ORLEANS ON THURSDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY*
Louisiana Activist Network (you may remember us from the Jazz Funeral for Democracy) is organizing a PEACE TRAIN from New Orleans to Washington,DC, picking up activist groups across the South on our way to represent the solid antiwar majority on the government's streets on September 24, 2005. We can fill a train if we lash things together properly. Southerners who wish to get in on this gig should start talking to us here -->
http://www.newdemocracyrising.com/messageboard.aspALL ABOARD!!!
This could be an incredible life experience. Please get a group together and join us. One way tickets from New Orleans just over $100.
Here's a link to the Amtrak schedule (select "Crescent" as the route --->
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak%2FSchedules_Page&_searchType=destinationTime&xwdf_cmsorigin=sessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D%2FtravelSelection%2FjourneySelection%5B1%5D%2FdepartLocation%2Fsearch&wdf_cmsorigin=New+Orleans%2C+LA+%28NOL%29&xwdf_cmsdestination=sessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D%2FtravelSelection%2FjourneySelection%5B1%5D%2FarriveLocation%2Fsearch&wdf_cmsdestination=Washington+-+Union+Station%2C+DC+%28WAS%29&xwdf_monthyear1=sessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D%2FtripRequirements%2FjourneyRequirements%5B1%5D%2FdepartDate.monthyear&wdf_monthyear1=2005-09&xwdf_day1=sessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D%2FtripRequirements%2FjourneyRequirements%5B1%5D%2FdepartDate.day&wdf_day1=22&xwdf_timeofday1=sessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D%2FtripRequirements%2FjourneyRequirements%5B1%5D%2FdepartDate.hourmin&wdf_timeofday1=07%3A00&_handler%3Damtrak.presentation.handler.request.rail.AmtrakCMSRailSchedulesSearchRequestHandler%2F_xpath%3DsessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D.x=35&_handler%3Damtrak.presentation.handler.request.rail.AmtrakCMSRailSchedulesSearchRequestHandler%2F_xpath%3DsessionWorkflow%2FproductWorkflow%5B%40product%3D%27Rail%27%5D.y=9Below are the towns the LAN PEACE TRAIN will pass and the times we will arrive at each:
*NOW Thursday, September 22, 2005
7:20 AM New Orleans, LA
8:16 AM Slidell, LA
8:38 AM Picayune, MS
9:43 AM Hattiesburg, MS
10:17 AM Laurel, MS
11:17 AM Meridian, MS
12:51 PM Tuscaloosa, AL
2:31 PM Birmingham, AL
4:04 PM Anniston, AL
7:40 PM Atlanta, GA
9:03 PM Gainsville, GA
9:44 PM Toccoa, GA
10:20 PM Clemson, SC
10:57 PM Greenville, SC
11:43 PM Spartanburg, SC
Friday, September 23, 2005
12:43 AM Gastonia, NC
1:25 AM Charlotte, NC
2:36 AM Salisbury, NC
3:17 AM High Point, NC
3:35 AM Winston-Salem, NC
3:42 AM Greensboro, NC
4:44 AM Danville, VA
5:54 AM Lynchberg, VA
7:07 AM Charlottesville, VA
7:59 AM Culpeper, VA
8:33 AM Manassas, VA
9:27 AM Alexandria, VA
9:50 AM Washington, DC