While the Florida Special, whose menus were presented here yesterday and the day before, was a winter-only train, by 1966 Atlantic Coast Line’s premiere year-found train was the Champion. Initially a coach-only streamliner, by 1941 ACL added heavyweight Pullmans.
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East Coast Champion, which went over Florida East Coast rails from Jacksonville to Miami, and the West Coast Champion, which went to Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Naples on ACL’s own rails. At some point, the trains were merged together as one from New York to Jacksonville, but when this menu was issued in 1962 they were apparently still two different trains.
Also by 1941, ACL turned the Champion into two separate trains: theThis menu doesn’t seem quite as high class as the Florida Special menus. While that train’s lunch menu offered crab and prime rib, this dinner menu has Swiss steak and grouper. The Florida Special a la carte side had filet of fish and a fancy salad, while this one has hamburger and tuna fish salad.