Piedmont Limited

Piedmont Limited

EMD FP7s leading the Piedmont Limited in 1974.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
First service	March 12, 1899
Last service	1976
Former operator(s)	Southern Railway
Route
Start	New York, New York
End	New Orleans, Louisiana

The Piedmont Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Railway in the southern United States. For most of its life it was a New York—New Orleans train, operating over the same route as the more famous Crescent Limited. The Southern Railway introduced the train on March 12, 1899, and it was known as the crack train of the route until the introduction of the Crescent in 1925. The Southern Railway discontinued the Piedmont Limited in 1976.

In its prime the Piedmont Limited operated over the following roads:

Aside from the above cited cities, the train served Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Greensboro, Charlotte, Birmingham.