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Re: Re: (rshsdepot) Re: Magazine Orange Blossom Special
Something about Seaboard Coast Line has struck a chord, Don...I've contacted the society to see if the magazine I'm looking for was a special edition of their magazine, Lines South!
Thanks
Jay Underwood
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> From: Maloneguy_@_aol.com
> Date: 2006/09/22 Fri PM 06:07:00 EST
> To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Re: Magazine Orange Blossom Special
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>
> People may fantasize now of traveling to the Amazon, the Orient or even the
> moon, but for many in the first half of the century, the big dream was to get
> on The Orange Blossom Special, leave behind the slush, icy wind and
> deprivation of northern winter climes and disembark two or three days later in sunny
> Florida. This Seaboard Route traveled through many orange groves, and in
> days before air conditioning this was a heady experience for the passengers.
> See why Seaboard's " Orange Blossom Special" railroad train was called an
> "_Air Line_
> (http://celebrate2000.polkonline.com/stories/112699/his_jax.shtml) ".
> According to a query answered by Larry Goolsby in the ACL & SAL HS Archives:
> "The Orange Blossom Special ran from 1925 to 1953, except during World War
> II. It was a fast, luxury, all-Pullman winter season-only train that catered
> to wealthy travelers from the northeast to Florida resorts. During its
> heyday it was favored by such celebrities as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It
> was operated by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, and went from New York to
> Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville,
> and Miami. A section of the train also went to Tampa and St. Petersburg on
> Florida's west coast. (New York to Florida trains went down the east coast
> and not via any Midwestern cities.)
> The OBS began running at the peak of the Florida boom years and did well
> until the Great Depression. After the Depression the train did make a comeback
> by offering air-conditioned cars and the first diesel-electric passenger
> locomotives in the southeast. After its suspension during WW2, the train
> returned to run a few more years after the war, but competition from cars, planes
> and newer trains on both the Seaboard and its competitor, the Atlantic Coast
> Line, no longer justified its continuing operation. The last run was in April
> 1953. The Orange Blossom Special was one of the country's most famous
> trains, and the country and western song about it, written in 1938, is still well
> known."
> You can bet the meals served in the Orange Blossom's dining car were
> fantastic, too. I'd like to see a menu!
> Think of Florida (or maybe California if you live west of the Rockies) as
> you try our _Orange Blossom Special Muffins_
> (http://sneakykitchen.com/Recipes/orange_muffins.htm) and _Orangey Scrambled Eggs_
> (http://sneakykitchen.com/Recipes/orangey_eggs.htm) ). (http://sneakykitchen.com/myavon/index.htm)
>
> (http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/earn.htm)
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> Don
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