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The Silver Meteor is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Miami, Florida.Introduced in 1939 as the first diesel-powered streamliner between New York and Florida, it was the flagship train of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) and one of the flagship trains of its successor, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL).
Amtrak originally applied the Florida Fleet brand to the Silver Meteor, Silver Star, and the now-discontinued Champion, another train inherited from SCL, in the 1970s. [ 2 ] Prior to 1979, the Silver Meteor travelled between Savannah and Jacksonville, Florida , via the Seaboard Coast Line's ex-SAL Everett Subdivision with a stop at Thalmann ...
Amtrak discontinued the Tampa section of the Silver Meteor in 1994. In 1995 Amtrak discontinued the Gulf Breeze, Palmetto, and Broadway Limited, the latter being partially replaced with the short-distance Three Rivers. Meanwhile, the City of New Orleans was rerouted west to Greenwood between Memphis and Jackson.
Silver Star (trains 91 & 92) between Miami and Washington, D.C. Notable stops include Savannah, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh. The Silver Meteor (trains 97 & 98) route will continue to operate ...
This is a route-map template for the Silver Meteor, an Amtrak train service in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Floridian will combine the most of the Silver Star with the Capital Limited between Washington and Chicago. Amtrak to offer direct train service between the Triangle and the Midwest Skip to ...
The Palmetto is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 829-mile (1,334 km) route [3] between New York City and Savannah, Georgia, via the Northeast Corridor, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina.
An Amtrak train at the ex-Seaboard Air Line Railroad station in 1972 The Silver Meteor departs on June 20, 1978 – the first train to use the new station. When Amtrak took over intercity passenger service in May 1971, it continued to use the former Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) depot at 2210 NW 7th Avenue in Allapattah, two miles north of ...