the Other Mike
Lead Service Attendant
If you could go back to the 50;s and ride ONE train, which would it be and why ?
Yes, on intrastate trains in Dixie.Weren't there such things as "colored" cars back in the 1950s, as well as separate waiting rooms?
Good one, Bill. For the same reasons - my choice is Seaboard's Palmland. Left Washington late evening, arrived Ft. Lauderdale, where I got off, second morning. It featured a heavyweight grill-lounge car that former editor Trains Magazine said served the coldest beer. I concur.The Kansas City Florida Special. A long slow ride. I would like to have boarded at night In a freezing cold Kansas City. Roll gently through two nights and in the second afternoon airive in a warm Miami In a bedroom Not a luxury train but one I always liked.
The Panama Limited..... when at my grandmothrs ( 2 houses from the mainline ) we always walked to the tracks to wave to the PanamaGreat Northern Empire Builder and Illinois Central all Pullman overnight train Chicago to New Orleans. I did ride these two on my first long distance train vacation trip in 1965.
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