Bay St. Louis, SRC and Amtrak officials posed at the historic Bay St. Louis Depot with BSL's Raw Oyster Marching Club | Photo by Gregg Martel
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A new sign in downtown Mobile where the platform construction is being completed. | Photo by Ellis Anderson
Knox Ross, chair of the Southern Rail Commission, who has been working for more than a decade to help get this coast service reinstated. | Photo by Ellis Anderson
Mobile mayor Sandy Stimpson speaks to reporters afterward. | Photo by Ellis Anderson
Center: Knox Ross, chair of the Southern Rail Commission, Amtrak's Vice President of Network Development, Nicole Bucich, Mobile mayor Sandy Stimpson, with Mobile city council members and Dave Clark (far left), CEO and President of Visit Mobile. | Photo by Ellis Anderson
Bryan Fuenmayor, head of Friends of Amtrak - Mobile Alabama, a group that advocated for the train service. | Photo by Ellis Anderson
The confirmed train schedule.
The historic Bay St. Louis Depot was packed with festively attired people celebrating the announcement. | Photo by Dena Temple
Photo by Wendy McDonald
Photo by Wendy McDonald
Knox Ross, chair of the Southern Rail Commission, officially announces the return of Gulf Coast service from New Orleans to Mobile, Al, with Bay St. Louis, Miss. being one of the stops. Ross, addressing a festively dressed crowd in the town's historic depot, said that the turnout was by far the best so far. Mayor Mike Favre to Ross's left, SRC commissioner and BSL resident, Kay Kell, to his right. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Bay St. Louis mayor Mike Favre (left) addresses the large crowd, with SRC chairman Knox Ross and Kay Kell listening. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Nicole Bucich, Amtrak's Vice President of Network Development, addresses the group at the historic Bay St. Louis depot. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
The Raw Oyster Marching Club, who heralded the train coming through in 2016, was out in full force today for the announcement. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Members of the Raw Oyster Marching Club stop for a photo. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
Bay St. Louis rolls out the red carpet for Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission at the historic depot. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Gregg Martel
In Bay St. Louis, Ross also noted that SRC commissioner Kay Kell – who's been working on getting rail service across the coast for 30 years - "kept the lights on this [project] when nobody else did... I just want you to remember when that train pulls up, you think of Kay." Kay Kell with Knox Ross. | Photo by Gregg Martel
Photo by Wendy McDonald
Photo by Wendy McDonald
Photo by Wendy McDonald
Photo by Wendy McDonald
Members of the media awaitng the official announcement. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
Dan Jatres, projects administrator for the City of New Orleans Office of Sustainability Infrastructure. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
Photo by Scott Saltzman
John Spain of Baton Rouge, vice-chairman of the Southern Rail Commission, makes remarks in New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal on July 1. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
The scheduled stops along the twice daily route. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
Amtrak's Vice President of Network Development, Nicole Bucich, making remarks in New Orleans, the final stop on the announcement tour. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
A brass band was on hand to lead a second line aboard a train open for a media tour. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
A brass band was on hand to lead a second line aboard a train open for a media tour. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
SRC vice chairman John Spain and chairman Knox Ross speak to members of the media aboard an Amtrak car. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
The Amtrak coach car. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
Amtrak business class car. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
Amtrak club car. | Photo by Scott Saltzman
Photo by Scott Saltzman
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