(Source of image: Florida State Archives)

Just like ships, trains can also be christened.  Indeed, the lady in the bottom photo seems to be breaking a bottle on the locomotive.  These images come from the 1939 Jacksonville dedication of an early Florida diesel, the Henry M. Flagler.  It pulled a passenger train for the Florida East Coast Railway, linking Jacksonville and Miami on daily basis.  Attending the ceremony were their mayors, G. S. Blume of the River City and E. G. Sewell of the Magic City.

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