In 1957, the Atlantic Coast Line operated four trains a day between New York (via the PRR to Washington and RF&P to Richmond) and Florida, a fifth train that went as far as Savannah, Georgia, and a sixth train that operated only on the weekends. It also participated in three daily trains between Chicago and Florida plus three more streamlined trains that each operated every third day. It also had, with L&N, a train from Cincinnati to Florida and partnered with PRR and other railroads to run trains from New York to Atlanta, Norfolk, and Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Since before the war, ACL’s premiere train was the streamlined Champion, which was really three trains in 1957. The East Coast Champion left New York at 2:25 pm and arrived in Miami at 3:40 pm the next day while the West Coast Champion left New York at 3:40 pm and arrived in Tampa at 2:40 pm, Sarasota at 4:25 pm, and St. Petersburg at 4:20 pm. The third train, the Advance East Coast Champion left New York on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 am, arriving Miami at 11:45 the next day, while its northbound counterpart, the Weekend Champion, left Miami for New York on Fridays and Saturdays.

Among the other trains were the City of Miami and Seminole, two Chicago-Florida trains that weren’t mentioned in the last few days because they avoided going over the Louisville & Nashville; the Dixieland, which was in its last year of operation; and the Flamingo, which went by L&N and NC&StL between Cincinnati and Atlanta and ACL between Atlanta and Jacksonville.