Royal Palm (train)
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The Royal Palm was a named train of the Southern Railway that ran from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Jacksonville, Florida, and then on the Florida East Coast Railway's East Coast Champion to Miami, Florida. T
Postcard depiction of the New Royal Palm
The Royal Palm at Danville, KY station on April 11, 1963.
Champion (train)
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The Champion was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Florida East Coast Railway between New York City and Miami or St. Petersburg, Florida. It operated from
Royal Palm (train)
…Palm was a named train of the Southern Railway that ran from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Jacksonville, Florida, and then on the Florida East Coast Railway's East Coast Champion to Miami, Florida. The train was discontinued in 1970. The Royal Palm provided connections with the New York Central Railroad at Cincinnati for passengers…
A postcard depiction of the Champion.
ACL #501, an EMC E3, at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
ACL #254, a tavern-lounge-observation car built for the Champion in 1940-41. Now at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum.
The Venice section of SCL's Champion in 1971; led by SCL 4900