City of Miami (train)

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City of Miami

Postcard depiction of the train, circa 1940s.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Midwestern United States/Southeastern United States
First service	December 18, 1940
Last service	April 30, 1971
Former operator(s)	Illinois Central Railroad Central of Georgia Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (1940–1967) Seaboard Coast Line (1967–1971) Florida East Coast (1940–1963)
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois Miami, Florida
Stops	39
Distance travelled	1,494 miles (2,404 km) (1941) 1,544 miles (2,485 km) (1971)
Average journey time	Northbound: 31 hrs 00 min Southbound: 32 hrs 25 min
Service frequency	Every third day (1940–1957) Every other day (1957–1971)
Train number(s)	Northbound: 52 Southbound: 53
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Reserved coach
Sleeping arrangements	Roomettes and double bedrooms
Catering facilities	Diner-Counter-Lounge
Entertainment facilities	Club-Lounge
Baggage facilities	Checked
Technical
Rolling stock	EMD E-unit locomotives Streamlined passenger cars by Pullman Standard
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Operating speed	51.2 mph (82 km/h) average (1941) 45.6 mph (73 km/h) average (1971)
Route map v t e Legend Chicago Englewood Homewood Kankakee Champaign-Urbana Mattoon Effingham Centralia Carbondale North Cairo Illinois Kentucky Fulton Kentucky Tennessee Jackson Tennessee Mississippi Corinth Mississippi Alabama Haleyville Jasper Birmingham Sylacauga Opelika Alabama Georgia Columbus Albany Tifton Waycross Georgia Florida Jacksonville pre-1963 route St. Augustine Bunnell Daytona Beach DeLand New Smyrna Beach Sanford Titusville Orlando Cocoa-Rockledge Winter Haven Melbourne West Lake Wales Vero Beach Avon Park Fort Pierce Sebring Stuart Okeechobee Hobe Sound West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Lake Worth Lake Worth Delray Beach Delray Beach Boca Raton Deerfield Beach Pompano Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Hollywood Hialeah North Miami Miami Miami

The City of Miami was a seven-car coach streamliner inaugurated by Illinois Central Railroad on December 18, 1940. Its route was from Chicago to Miami a total distance of 1,493 miles (2,403 km).