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The Orange Blossom Special was a deluxe passenger train on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad connecting railroads between New York City and Miami in the United States. It ran during the winter season only. It covered 1,388.7 miles (2,234.9 km) on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, and Savannah to Miami. A section also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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  • Der Orange Blossom Special war ein Luxus-Reisezug der Seaboard Air Line Railroad zwischen New York City und den Ferienresorts an der Ostküste von Florida. Am 21. November 1925 nahm er erstmals seinen fahrplanmäßigen Betrieb auf. Der Zug bestand vollständig aus Pullmanwagen und die Benutzung war teurer als die eines normalen Zuges. (de)
  • The Orange Blossom Special was a deluxe passenger train on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad connecting railroads between New York City and Miami in the United States. It ran during the winter season only. It covered 1,388.7 miles (2,234.9 km) on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, and Savannah to Miami. A section also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg. The train started on November 21, 1925, and was the brainchild of SAL president S. Davies Warfield, who wanted to capitalize on booming development in Florida at the time. Warfield believed Florida was a land of opportunity, and with fast, luxurious trains he could lure influential (not to mention wealthy) business leaders to the Sunshine State. In February 1926 the train took 35 hours to run from New York to West Palm Beach (Seaboard track did not reach Miami until 1927). Spurred by the success of Henry Flagler and his rival Florida East Coast Railway in attracting travelers, the Orange Blossom Special became famous in its own right. It was renowned for its speed and luxury. E. M. Frimbo, "The World's Greatest Railway Buff", offered this account of a dining car chef who had worked aboard the train: Our chef...spent nine of his forty-three years with the Pennsylvania Railroad as chef on the celebrated all-Pullman New York-to-Florida train the Orange Blossom Special—the most luxurious winter-season train ever devised by man. Nothing even remotely resembling a can opener was allowed on the premises. All the pies, cakes, rolls, birthday cakes were baked on board under his supervision. Cut flowers and fresh fish were taken on at every revictualing stop, and the train carried thirty-five hundred dollars' worth of wine, liquor and champagne—these at pre-Prohibition prices—for each run. The service was suspended during World War II to free the equipment up for carrying troops. Its last run was in 1953. This west Florida market is now handled by Amtrak's Silver Star. In early 2012, a similar locomotive painted to resemble a locomotive of the time, and lettered Orange Blossom Special was moved in from its long-time display location at the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida, to the Florida Railroad Museum in nearby Tampa. Plans are for a multi-year restoration to active status for eventual excursion service. (en)
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  • Postcard depiction of the train circa 1939; the card described the train as the only all-electric New York-Florida train; a reference to its diesel-electric locomotives. (en)
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  • Miami, Florida with alternate sections to St. Petersburg and Venice (en)
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  • 1925-11-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Orange Blossom Special (en)
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  • Club car and lounge car (en)
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  • All Pullman - Open sections, drawing-rooms and compartments (en)
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  • Discontinued (en)
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  • Der Orange Blossom Special war ein Luxus-Reisezug der Seaboard Air Line Railroad zwischen New York City und den Ferienresorts an der Ostküste von Florida. Am 21. November 1925 nahm er erstmals seinen fahrplanmäßigen Betrieb auf. Der Zug bestand vollständig aus Pullmanwagen und die Benutzung war teurer als die eines normalen Zuges. (de)
  • The Orange Blossom Special was a deluxe passenger train on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad connecting railroads between New York City and Miami in the United States. It ran during the winter season only. It covered 1,388.7 miles (2,234.9 km) on the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, and Savannah to Miami. A section also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg. (en)
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  • Orange Blossom Special (de)
  • Orange Blossom Special (train) (en)
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