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Between April 29, 1984 and November 4, 1993 the Mules operated with the River Cities, a St. Louis section of the City of New Orleans.

Additional cars were added between St. Louis and Carbondale, Illinois, which it connected with the New Orleans-bound train.

A funding crisis caused Amtrak to discontinue the Mules between April 1 and July 1, 1995.