Knox Ross

wlox.com/2026/11/08/peter-an… #yallaboard A warm Ocean Springs welcome for passengers from Mobile and New Orleans! Thanks to WLOX for covering this weekend’s temporary Peter Anderson Festival stop—and the community partnerships behind it. @OceanSpringsMS @OceanSpringsCha @SouthernRailCms @PlayCoastalMS @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL

#yallaboard A red-carpet welcome in Ocean Springs! Confetti greeted passengers arriving from New Orleans aboard Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service for the Peter Anderson Festival. What a welcome to downtown—and what a way to arrive. Thanks to everyone who helped give our train riders this special Gulf Coast reception! @oceanspringschamber @playcoastalms @visitmobile @lagniappe_daily @mynbc15 @railpassengers #PeterAndersonFestival #DowntownOceanSprings #VisitMobile #VisitMississippi
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#yallaboard Here comes New Orleans! Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service arriving in Ocean Springs for the Peter Anderson Festival. First Mobile, now New Orleans—connecting the Gulf Coast right in downtown. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS 📷 Knox Ross

#yallaboard. @amtrak brings passenger rail back to Ocean Springs for the Peter Anderson Festival! @PlayCoastalMS @OceanSpringsMS @OceanSpringsCha @SouthernRailCms

#yallaboard A special stop for Ocean Springs! Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service brings riders to Peter Anderson Festival weekend, Nov. 7–8. Thanks to Amtrak, the City of Ocean Springs, Ocean Springs Chamber and our Southern Rail Commission partners for making it happen. @OceanSpringsCha @Amtrak #peterandersonfestival

#yallaboard Mobile: $15 seats still up for Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 6:25a, arrive ~7:25, home 7:52p→9:19. Limited seats. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

Nearly 100k expected at Peter Anderson this weekend—and Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is making a special stop in Ocean Springs. Skip parking; take the train. #PeterAndersonFestival #yallaboard

Gulf Coast ridership win: Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service roughly doubled its projected first-year riders. More proof the Coast wants the train. #yallaboard

#yallaboard The Peter Anderson Festival starts tomorrow! Sat Nov 7 and Sun Nov 8: Mobile 6:25a ($15 each way, limited $15 seats), New Orleans 7:35a, evening trains home. No parking. @OceanSpringsCha @VisitNewOrleans @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Paul Lowry CC BY 4.0

#yallaboard Make Sunday, Nov 8 your Peter Anderson Festival day. Mobile 6:25a ($15 limited), home 7:52p. New Orleans 7:35a, home 8:13p. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard New Orleans day trip: Peter Anderson Festival Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 7:35a, arrive ~9:50, home 5:28p→8:13. No parking. Fares vary. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @neworleansandco @VisitNewOrleans @amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

From New Orleans, the Sunset Limited heads west to San Antonio and Los Angeles. The Mardi Gras Service gets you to New Orleans from Mobile and the Coast.

#yallaboard Mobile: $15 seats still up for Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 6:25a, arrive ~7:25, home 7:52p→9:19. Limited seats. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard Mobile: $15 seats still up for Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 6:25a, arrive ~7:25, home 7:52p→9:19. Limited seats. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard Stay for Sunday supper after the Peter Anderson Festival! Mobile 6:25a ($15 each way, limited seats), Murky Waters or Mosaic, 7:52p train home. New Orleans 7:35a, home 8:13p. Sat Nov 7 too. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL @VisitNewOrleans amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard King cake bites for riders arriving at the Peter Anderson Festival, while they last! Nov 7 or 8: Mobile 6:25a, $15 each way (limited seats). New Orleans 7:35a. Evening trains home. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8: Amtrak stops right at the entrance. Mobile to Ocean Springs is $15, but $15 seats are limited. Leave 6:25a, home by 9:19p. amtrak.com/mardigras @PlayCoastalMS @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce