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The Capitol Limited was moved to serve Cleveland and South Bend, the Broadway Limited to Youngstown and Akron. The Desert Wind (1979–1997) at Cajon Pass en route from Las Vegas in 1991. Amtrak extended the Sunset Limited east to Florida in 1993, creating its only coast-to-coast route.
The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train run by Amtrak, operating on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between New Orleans and Los Angeles. Major stops include Houston , San Antonio and El Paso in Texas, as well as Tucson, Arizona .
In 1993, the Sunset Limited was extended east from its New Orleans terminus all the way to Miami, and added a stop at Jacksonville. [4] Then in 1996, the station's services were further expanded to include the newly reinstated Silver Palm running from New York to Tampa.
The Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad (reporting mark FGA) is a shortline railroad owned and operated by RailUSA in the Florida Panhandle.The line consists of 430 miles (692 km) of track: a main line from Baldwin, Florida (just west of Jacksonville), through Tallahassee to Pensacola, as well as a branch from Tallahassee north to Attapulgus, Georgia.
The Texas City Terminal Railway is an American terminal railroad that operates 32 miles (51 km) of track at the Port of Texas City in Texas City, Texas. [1] Established in 1921, [ 2 ] the TCTR is jointly owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway .
The Sunset Limited was the premiere SP train on the "Sunset Route" — and probably on the whole SP system — and the Argonaut was a slower secondary train. The Argonaut needed 50 hours between New Orleans and Los Angeles, while after 1950 the Sunset Limited needed 42. The Argonaut ran Tucson to El Paso via Deming; the westward train usually ...
The International Limited name was restored in March 1919—the first GTW train to have a name since 1907. [6] It remained the premier GTW train and received new equipment in 1929. [ 6 ] After 1931, westbound train No. 15 was as much as 4.5 hours faster than its eastbound counterpart, which made local stops between Toronto and Montreal.
The train was formed as a combination of two existing trains: the Capitol Limited, which operated overnight between Chicago and Washington, D.C., and the Silver Star, which operated overnight between New York City and Miami. Amtrak intends the train to be temporary, in response to planned rehabilitation work in the East River Tunnels, as well ...