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Dixie Flyer (train)

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The other sections to St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota were covered by ACL local trains. By the mid-1950s, the Atlantic Coast Line terminated the route at Jacksonville, including the sleeping cars. Passengers wishing to continue on the traditional Florida East Coast route to Miami would need to
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that operated from 1892 to 1965 via the "Dixie Route" from Chicago and St. Louis via Evansville, Nashville, and Atlanta to Florida. However, the train continued until 1969 as an Atlanta to Florida operation, run solely by the
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in 1890, it began promoting its passenger business from northern connections through Tennessee, and in early 1892 christened its existing trains 1 and 2 from Nashville to Atlanta as the
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with limited stops and a fast schedule. In 1908, the Chicago traffic was rerouted via the CE&I from Chicago to Evansville, and the L&N from Evansville to Nashville; during
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NC&StL Preservation Society, accessed 23 August 2014. Includes photos, time tables, and newspaper accounts of the train's discontinuance.
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Map of the Dixie Route to Florida and connecting lines, published by the C&EI, L&N, and NC&StL railroads, 1926.
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By the time of the December 18, 1965 timetable, the L&N had eliminated all of its Chicago to Florida trains but the
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was discontinued north of Atlanta by December 1965, From 1965 the Atlantic Coast Line RR (and then its successor, the
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By the postwar 1940s, the Florida East Coast Railway route along the coast was carried by the Atlantic Coast Line's
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branches from Jacksonville served Gainesville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Fort Myers.
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from Nashville to Jacksonville; these at first were routed south of Atlanta via the
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The following were major stops. Precise stops are in the diagram map at the right.
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The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway: History and Steam Locomotives
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Pullman route was created in the summer of 1925, carrying a sleeper via the
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Other trains from the Midwest to Florida using the Dixie Route included:
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Rails Across Dixie: A History of Passenger Trains in the American South
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St. Louis (the Chicago and St. Louis branches converged in Evansville)
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Passenger trains of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad timetable, December 13, 1968, Table 14
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route varied in early years, but by about 1920 was set as follows:
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from Chicago/St. Louis to Florida; the coaches and Atlanta and
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Passenger trains of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
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Atlantic Coast Line timetable, June 12, 1955, Tables J and A.
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Passenger trains of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad timetable, December 12, 1969
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Louisville & Nashville December 18, 1965 timetable
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December 18, 1965 Louisville & Nashville timetable
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sleepers were carried on the second section, named the
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Passenger rail transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)
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http://streamlinermemories.info/South/L&N65TT.pdf
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Passenger trains of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
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Passenger trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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