Postcard depiction of The Dixieland. The train traveled between Chicago and St. Louis to various Florida cities. It was handled by three railroads-Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville and New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroads. Click to enlarge.
(Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville and New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroads., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
DIXIELAND
The Dixieland was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Florida East Coast Railway, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville and New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroads 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 the Dixie Flagler 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 the Dixieland in 1954 and discontinued altogether in 1957.