PHOTOS: Top-Last run of the Kansas City-Florida Special, Jacksonville-Birmingham-Memphis-Springfield-Kansas City
Middle: Map showing historic routes still viaable
Bottom: Typical Amtrak Medium-Short Distance Train
"Now leaving Jacksonville for St. Louis, Birmingham, New Orleans, Wilmington, Norfolk, Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville..." Just a dream? Not anymore. The age of bringing back the great trains and routes is upon us again. Will Jacksonville and her Southern sisters lead the Nation?
Now that Washington has finally gotten off of it's collective wallet and funded Amtrak, I thought it might be useful to take a look back across the years and select 20 star performers to return to Northeast Florida.
TO AND FROM THE EAST COAST - NORTH AND SOUTH :
THE CHAMPION - Ft. Myers-Tampa-Orlando-Jacksonville-Charleston-Richmond-Washington-New York-Boston
THE MIAMIAN - Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Daytona-Jacksonville-Charleston-Richmond-Washington-New York-Boston
THE PALMETTO - Venice-Sarasota-Tampa-Orlando-Jacksonville-Charleston-Richmond-Washington-New York (Connecting Section - Wilmington)
THE SILVER METEOR - Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Orlando-Jacksonville-Raleigh-Richmond-Washington-New York-Boston
THE SILVER STAR - Miami-Ft. Lauderdale - Orlando- -Raleigh-Richmond-Washington-New York
THE CAROLINA SPECIAL - Jacksonville-Columbia-Charlotte-Washington-New York
THE TIDEWATER - Jacksonville-Charleston-Portsmouth-Norfolk
TO AND FROM CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST:
THE ROYAL PALM - Jacksonville-Macon-Atlanta-Chattanooga-Knoxville-Cincinnati-(Chicago) (Cleveland) (Detroit)
THE PONCE DE LEON - Jacksonville - Macon-Atlanta-Chattanooga-Knoxville-Cinninnati-
THE HUMMINGBIRD - Jacksonville - Atlanta - Nashville - St. Louis - Kansas City
THE CITY OF MIAMI - Miami-Ft.Lauderdale-Daytona-Jacksonville-Birmingham-Memphis-Chicago
THE DIXIE FLYER - Jacksonville - Waycross-Manchester-Atlanta
TO AND FROM THE WEST:
THE SUNSET LIMITED- Jacksonville-New Orleans-Houston-San Antonio-El Paso-Phoenix-Los Angeles
THE SUNBEAM - Jacksonville-New Orleans-Baton Rouge-Shreveport-Dallas-Ft.Worth
THE GULF WIND - Jacksonville - Tallahassee - Mobile - Gulfport - New Orleans
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