Dixie Flagler

Henry M. Flagler
Dixie Flagler
Dixieland
Postcard of the Henry M. Flagler c. 1939–1940
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleMidwestern United States/Southeastern United States
First serviceDecember 3, 1939
Last service1957
Former operator(s)Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Louisville & Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Florida East Coast Railway
Route
TerminiChicago, Illinois
Miami, Florida
Distance travelled1,454 miles (2,340 km)
Average journey timeSouthbound: 31 hrs 35 min; northbound: 29 hrs 20 min
Service frequencyEvery third day
Train number(s)Southbound: 11, Northbound: 12
On-board services
Seating arrangementsReclining Seat Coaches
Sleeping arrangementsOpen sections, roomettes, double bedrooms, compartments and a drawing room
Catering facilitiesDining car
Observation facilitiesTavern lounge
Baggage facilitiesBaggage car
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map
Chicago
Englewood
Chicago Heights
Danville
Illinois
Indiana
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Evansville
Indiana
Kentucky
 
Tennessee
Nashville
Tullahoma
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Georgia
Atlanta
Manchester
Cordele
Fitzgerald
Douglas
Waycross
Georgia
Florida
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Daytona Beach
New Smyrna Beach
Cocoa-Rockledge
Melbourne
Vero Beach
Fort Pierce
Stuart
West Palm Beach
Lake Worth
Delray Beach
Boca Raton
Ft. Lauderdale
Hollywood
North Miami
Miami

The Dixie Flagler was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. It began in 1939 as the Henry M. Flagler, a regional service between Miami and Jacksonville, Florida; the FEC renamed it and extended it to Chicago a year later. It was one of the few Chicago to Florida trains that passed through Atlanta. As an overnight streamliner it was part of the every-third-day pool shared by the City of Miami and South Wind. It was renamed Dixieland in 1954 and discontinued altogether in 1957.