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  WHICH CAR WOULD YOU PREFER?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE ABOVE -- Here's a railroad car from July 8, 1937.  It belonged to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), and it had its photo taken in Jacksonville.  Notice how the seats could not be individually adjusted or reclined, as was also the case in two of the other cars on this webpage.  In March 1938, however, ACL invited the public to inspect its new "Super Deluxe Coach" at Jacksonville Terminal.  The railroad car, with an interior painted in a soothing color scheme, was built for overnight travel.  Among other amenities, it offered individually reclining seats, wide overhead baggage racks, air conditioning, hot & cold running water, lino tile floors mounted on cork, a lounge and restroom for women, and a smoking room and restroom for men.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE ABOVE -- This passenger car may very well have transported troops to their U.S. camps.  The picture was snapped in Jax on April 12, 1940.  After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, America entered wholeheartedly into World War II.  Therefore, many of its passenger coaches were pressed into service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE ABOVE -- Atlantic Coast Line owned this car, which had its Jax portrait taken on January 19, 1951.  Three years later, ACL passenger trains that served Jax included the Miamian, Seminole, Everglades, Vacationer, Dixieland, Dixie Flyer, South Wind, Havana Special, Florida Special, East Coast Champion, and West Coast Champion.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Source of images: Florida State Archives)

 

 

 

 

 

IMAGE ABOVE -- This photo is also identified as a Jax picture from January 19, 1951.  It shows a passenger coach from the Illinois Central Railroad. 

 

 

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