“Our trains go to Florida, Florida and Florida” says an ad in this timetable, which was published three years after Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard merged and four months before Amtrak would take over passenger trains to Florida. Indeed, the … Continue reading
I mainly collect menus from western railroads, but it appears I have enough to identify one series from the Atlantic Coast Line that was still used after the merger into the Seaboard Coast Line. These menus had a portrait-style color … Continue reading
This menu is in the same series as the ones posted a few days ago, only it is from 1968 after Atlantic Coast Line merged with Seaboard Air Line to form Seaboard Coast Line. It was used on the former … Continue reading
Seaboard Coast Line was the result of a merger between direct competitors Seaboard Airline and Atlantic Coast Line that took place in 1967. This menu is therefore after that year; a printer’s code at the bottom left of the inside … Continue reading
In 1967, rival railroads Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line merged to become the Seaboard Coast Line. This merger was justified on the grounds that it would reduce operating costs by allowing the railroads to shut down duplicate routes … Continue reading
