amtrak's sunset limited is the country's only remaining tra transcontinental train. >> sunset limited has an interesting history, it kind of dates back to the romantic time of train travel when it was very elegant and posh to travel by train. >> on september 20, 1993, trudy justin and her husband, larry, boarded the sunset limited in deming, new mexico, headed for florida. >> and i could sit there and look and talk to other people, but the best part is going to the dining car. we went to the dining car three times a day. and you just trot back there and they were really nice to you. >> after dinner, trudy and larry returned to their seats to rest. the train stopped briefly in new orleans to fix a broken air conditioner. by 2:30 a.m., it was running about 33 minutes behind schedule. it stopped in mobile, alabama, where the engineer waited until a freight train cleared the