In January 1927, Seaboard completed its “all Florida” line to Miami and passengers no longer had to ride a “parlor car bus” between West Palm Beach and Miami. Among the passengers on the first train to Miami was Dorothy Walker … Continue reading
In 1924, Seaboard extended its Florida line to West Palm Beach, then reached Miami in 1926. Both the ACL and Southern Railway had to share revenues from Miami-bound passengers with the Florida East Coast, but Seaboard now had its own … Continue reading
The Orange Blossom Special was an all-Pullman, winter-only train between New York and Florida that the Seaboard Air Line began running in 1925. By 1941, the average speed of the New York-Miami trains was a respectable 57 mph. Like New … Continue reading
