Editing Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (section)

==Notable SCL services==

===Passenger Trains===
====New York - Florida====
*'''''[[Silver Meteor]]''''', inaugurated February 2, 1939
::Inherited from SAL. Initially an all-coach train (Pullman sleepers added in 1941), first [[streamliner]] to serve Florida, New York to Tampa/St. Petersburg and Miami. Trains continued beyond Tampa to Sarasota and Venice. Preserving its reputation as "one of the finest [trains] in the country," <ref name="TT1954">Seaboard condensed timetable, April 25, 1954 http://streamlinermemories.info/South/SAL54TT.pdf</ref> the train retained its round-ended [[observation car]]s until [[Amtrak]] took over operation in 1971. Still in Amtrak service today with updated equipment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/FY19-Year-End-Ridership.pdf|title=Amtrak FY19 Ridership}}</ref> 
*'''''[[Silver Star (Amtrak train)|Silver Star]]''''', inaugurated December 12, 1947
::Inherited from SAL. Streamliner, coach and Pullman cars, New York to Tampa/St. Petersburg and Miami. Still in Amtrak service, with updated equipment (temporarily suspended and merged with the Capitol Limited as the Floridian).
*'''''[[Champion (train)|Champion]]''''', December 1, 1939 - October 1, 1979
::Inherited from ACL. Streamliner, coach and Pullman cars, New York to Tampa/St. Petersburg and Miami. Initially continued by Amtrak, it was discontinued in 1979.
*'''''Gulf Coast Special''''', 1920s – April 30, 1971
::Inherited from ACL. Coach and Pullman cars, New York – Tampa. The train was not continued by Amtrak in 1971.
*'''''Everglades''''', 1940s – April 30, 1971
::Inherited from ACL. All-coach, New York – Jacksonville. The train was not continued by Amtrak in 1971.
*'''''Palmland''''', Winter 1941 – April 30, 1971
::Inherited from SAL. Coach and Pullman cars, New York – St.Petersburg/Miami. The route was cut back to Columbia, South Carolina as the southern terminus by 1968, and the train was not continued by Amtrak in 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goolsby |first1=Larry |title=Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era |date=2011 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc. |isbn=9780939487981 |pages=46–48}}</ref>
*'''''Sunland''''', Winter 1948 – December 1968
::Inherited from SAL. Coach and Pullman cars, New York – Tampa/Miami. Connections in Washington to New York and Boston. The route was cut back to Jacksonville, Florida as the southern terminus in February 1968, and later discontinued in December.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goolsby |first1=Larry |title=Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era |date=2011 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc. |isbn=9780939487981 |pages=48 – 50, 124}}</ref>

====Winter Only====
*'''''[[Vacationer (train)|Florida Special]]''''', Late 1800s - Spring 1972
::Inherited from ACL. Streamliner, coach and Pullman cars, New York to Tampa/St. Petersburg and Miami. Initially continued by Amtrak, it was discontinued after the 1971-1972 winter season.

====Miscellaneous==== 
*'''''[[Silver Comet (train)|Silver Comet]]''''', May 18, 1947 – October 15, 1969
::Inherited from SAL. Streamliner, coach and Pullman cars, New York – Birmingham via Athens and Atlanta. The train was cut back to Washington – Atlanta only by January 1969, then to Richmond – Atlanta only by May, and finally discontinued October 15, 1969.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goolsby |first1=Larry |title=Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era |date=2011 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc. |isbn=9780939487981 |pages=124, 125}}</ref>
*'''''[[Gulf Wind]]''''', July 31, 1949 – April 30, 1971
::Inherited from SAL. Coach and Pullman cars, Jacksonville – New Orleans via Tallahassee, Pensacola and Mobile. Handled jointly by SCL and the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]], with motive power changed at Chattahoochee. The train was not continued by Amtrak in 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goolsby |first1=Larry |title=Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era |date=2011 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc. |isbn=9780939487981 |pages=53, 54}}</ref>
*'''''Tidewater''''', November 1, 1953 – February 1968
::Inherited from SAL. Streamliner, coach and Pullman cars, Portsmouth, Virginia – Jacksonville, Florida, forwarding cars to the ''Silver Comet'' at Hamlet, North Carolina. Ferries would transport passengers between Norfolk and Portsmouth. Coach only by 1968.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goolsby |first1=Larry |title=Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era |date=2011 |publisher=TLC Publishing Inc. |isbn=9780939487981 |pages=50 – 51, 122 – 124}}</ref>
*'''''[[Palmetto (ACL train)|Palmetto]]''''', 1944 – 1968
::Inherited from ACL. All-coach, New York – Savannah. The name and route was later revived by Amtrak in 1976 and still operates today.

===Juice Train===

[[Juice Train]] is the popular name for famous [[unit train]]s of [[Tropicana Products|Tropicana]] fresh [[orange juice]] operated by [[Rail transport|railroads]] in the [[United States]]. On June 7, 1970, beginning on Seaboard Coast Line railroad, a mile-long Tropicana Juice Train began carrying one million gallons of juice with one weekly round-trip from [[Bradenton, Florida]] to [[Kearny, New Jersey]], in the [[New York City]] area. The trip spanned {{Convert|1250|mi|km}} one way, and the 60 car train was the equivalent of 250 trucks.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1981 |title=The Great White Train|journal=The Family Lines Rail System Magazine |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=16–17 |publisher=Family Lines Railroad }}</ref>

Today it is no longer operated by SCL successor [[CSX Transportation]], a victim of CSX’s [[Precision scheduled railroading|PSR]] operating philosophy. Tropicana [[refrigerator car|refrigerated boxcars]] are still transported between Florida and New Jersey, however they are now mixed in with [[intermodal freight transport#Transportation_modes|Intermodal trains]]. In the past, the Juice Trains have been the focus of efficiency studies and awards as examples of how modern rail transportation can compete successfully against trucking and other modes to carry perishable products.