Orange Blossom Special
The Orange Blossom Special was a luxury passenger train on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad between New York City and the vacation resorts on the east coast of Florida . On November 21, 1925, it began its scheduled operation for the first time. The train consisted entirely of Pullman cars and was more expensive to use than a normal train.
history
The route ran from New York via Philadelphia , Washington, DC , Richmond , Raleigh , Columbia , Savannah and Jacksonville to Miami . The train departed New York at 9:30 a.m. and reached Miami at 10:00 p.m. the following day.
As a result of the economic slowdown during the Great Depression , the offer was discontinued. It was then revived as a streamlined train in 1934, this time with modern air-conditioned streamlined cars and diesel locomotives (from 1938) . According to the schedule of January 7, 1934, the train left New York every day at 12:30 p.m. and carried through cars to Miami, Saint Petersburg and Venice . He reached Miami at 6:55 p.m. the next day.
During the time of the Second World War, operations were again closed. The train was finally discontinued in April 1953. In particular, competition from cars, planes and other trains made it impossible to continue operating economically.
Adaptation in country music
Based on this move, Ervin T. Rouse, Robert Russell and Chubby Wise composed a fiddle melody in 1938 . The song Orange Blossom Special became popular with the inclusion of Bill Monroe in 1942 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Issued February 1934. Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Page 580.