did you take a ride on the city of miami? it originally ran over the FEC from jacskonville to miami but the strike in 1963-1964 caused a reroute over the ACL-SAL from jacksonville through sanford, orlando & finally maimi, do you have any footage of the city of maimi? , great vid, thanks for posting!
On top of all that....did you notice that roadbed? I mean even in 67 at the end of passenger rail, SCL took its passenger trackage seriously. And the train was still beautiful albiet in that always dirty white scheme instead of the more attractive citrus one.On the Amtrack thing, IT WASNT AMTRACK THAT REMOVED 700 MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK up the famous ACL speedway.NO COMPUTER aka CTC can double the amount of water a glass can hold.It takes 2 glasses for that..ALSO, NO CSX RAILS ARE 100mph now.
Great Video. I have made several trips from Miami to NYC and vice versa, and I can tell you is not the same. I also noticed the SB Meteor was carrying one of the "Sun Lounges".
The NB Silver Meteor also was carrying a Sun Lounge buffet sleeper, but unfortunately the camera wasn't running when it went by. Actually, I never saw the Silver Meteor without it's Sun Lounge.
That car sitting on track 3 in Miami looks like an Osgood-Bradley "American Flyer" car, probably for the SUNLAND. Man, I wish my dad had brought along the family movie camera the many times we were at Miami Seaboard Station! Thanks for posting this great video.
I'd love to see what this same route looks like now on the current Silver Meteor; I'm sure there aren't nearly as many orange groves, at least not between Miami and West Palm!
I rode the "Silver Star" from NY (Penn Station) to Boca Raton, in 1965. I'd give my left nut to do it again, same train, same everything. Great film, and thanks for posting it..
@binzoclone The best part of films like yours is the blend of the railroad and the lives it passes through. I really enjoy watching this film from time to time. Cheers to your Mom!
Looking at this clip again, on the sections before the train slows down and the truck passes it, this train was seriously chewing on some speed! Definitely over 80mph.
According to the timetable, the 61 miles from West Palm Beach to Okeechobee was covered in 50 minutes, so average speed was 73.2 mph. I'm pretty sure at times it must have been doing 90 - 100 mph.
@ACLTony the ACL Silver Meteor beats Amtraks time by over 3hrs and the silver star time by about the same. then again they took a different route. they used to go via ocala and waldo florida. Normally the trains could go 100mph between Richmond and Miami. how else u going to have a 24hr Schedule from NY to miami?
Binzoclone, please consider checking out this company: MAIN LINE MOTION PICTURES. YouTube's software won't let me post the link, but just go to GOOGLE and type that name in. Mainline takes vintage railroad film clips, edits and cleans them up. They go a step further by dubbing in appropriate, authentic train sounds, including horns and rail joint actions. Your two Seaboard Airline vids are excellent candidates!
I used to live and railfan in Sarasota at this time. We had the #2028 doodlebug and various rare engines to power the Silver Meteor from Tampa-Venice. I was a huge fan back then and this brings back a lot of memories. Thank you!
Looks like the Silver Meteor had a west coast section from 1939 until 1968 that split from the Miami section at Wildwood, then split again at Tampa, continuing to St. Petersburg and Venice.
@cforssi - a tragic shame that the doodlebug was not preserved and was scrapped. Reportedly it had maintenance issues due to wear and tear. Still, I wonder why SCL couldn't have donated it to a museum and accept a tax break for it.
get this film digitally cleaned-up...you have some great stock shots here that people in the
"business" can readily use!!
xstugee 3 weeks ago
Incredible!
SightseerLounge 1 month ago
did you take a ride on the city of miami? it originally ran over the FEC from jacskonville to miami but the strike in 1963-1964 caused a reroute over the ACL-SAL from jacksonville through sanford, orlando & finally maimi, do you have any footage of the city of maimi? , great vid, thanks for posting!
rando4038 4 months ago
Wow, this was taken the last year of the Air Line. Very good stuff.
MadeFromStarStuff 6 months ago
On top of all that....did you notice that roadbed? I mean even in 67 at the end of passenger rail, SCL took its passenger trackage seriously. And the train was still beautiful albiet in that always dirty white scheme instead of the more attractive citrus one.On the Amtrack thing, IT WASNT AMTRACK THAT REMOVED 700 MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK up the famous ACL speedway.NO COMPUTER aka CTC can double the amount of water a glass can hold.It takes 2 glasses for that..ALSO, NO CSX RAILS ARE 100mph now.
kevingthompson13 7 months ago
Good video and amazing the difference in today's trains.
DECE5 9 months ago
Great Video. I have made several trips from Miami to NYC and vice versa, and I can tell you is not the same. I also noticed the SB Meteor was carrying one of the "Sun Lounges".
SuperHotrod47 1 year ago
The NB Silver Meteor also was carrying a Sun Lounge buffet sleeper, but unfortunately the camera wasn't running when it went by. Actually, I never saw the Silver Meteor without it's Sun Lounge.
binzoclone 7 months ago
That car sitting on track 3 in Miami looks like an Osgood-Bradley "American Flyer" car, probably for the SUNLAND. Man, I wish my dad had brought along the family movie camera the many times we were at Miami Seaboard Station! Thanks for posting this great video.
dpohunter 1 year ago
Yes, the short train on the right definitely was the Sunland.
binzoclone 7 months ago
I'd love to see what this same route looks like now on the current Silver Meteor; I'm sure there aren't nearly as many orange groves, at least not between Miami and West Palm!
markhb1 1 year ago
I rode the "Silver Star" from NY (Penn Station) to Boca Raton, in 1965. I'd give my left nut to do it again, same train, same everything. Great film, and thanks for posting it..
PRR5406 1 year ago
Your Mom is a hottie!!
drum3433 1 year ago
@drum3433 Hot mom is old now :P
DouglasP201 9 months ago
Mom is in her 80s now and your comment made her day!
binzoclone 7 months ago
@binzoclone The best part of films like yours is the blend of the railroad and the lives it passes through. I really enjoy watching this film from time to time. Cheers to your Mom!
drum3433 7 months ago
Looking at this clip again, on the sections before the train slows down and the truck passes it, this train was seriously chewing on some speed! Definitely over 80mph.
ACLTony 1 year ago
According to the timetable, the 61 miles from West Palm Beach to Okeechobee was covered in 50 minutes, so average speed was 73.2 mph. I'm pretty sure at times it must have been doing 90 - 100 mph.
binzoclone 1 year ago
@ACLTony the ACL Silver Meteor beats Amtraks time by over 3hrs and the silver star time by about the same. then again they took a different route. they used to go via ocala and waldo florida. Normally the trains could go 100mph between Richmond and Miami. how else u going to have a 24hr Schedule from NY to miami?
howardkevinm 8 months ago
Binzoclone, please consider checking out this company: MAIN LINE MOTION PICTURES. YouTube's software won't let me post the link, but just go to GOOGLE and type that name in. Mainline takes vintage railroad film clips, edits and cleans them up. They go a step further by dubbing in appropriate, authentic train sounds, including horns and rail joint actions. Your two Seaboard Airline vids are excellent candidates!
ACLTony 1 year ago
did these have sound to em?
BBT609 1 year ago
No, it was the 1960's and sound was rare on home movie cameras.
binzoclone 1 year ago
cool
mike305mike 1 year ago
I used to live and railfan in Sarasota at this time. We had the #2028 doodlebug and various rare engines to power the Silver Meteor from Tampa-Venice. I was a huge fan back then and this brings back a lot of memories. Thank you!
cforssi 1 year ago
Looks like the Silver Meteor had a west coast section from 1939 until 1968 that split from the Miami section at Wildwood, then split again at Tampa, continuing to St. Petersburg and Venice.
binzoclone 1 year ago
@cforssi - a tragic shame that the doodlebug was not preserved and was scrapped. Reportedly it had maintenance issues due to wear and tear. Still, I wonder why SCL couldn't have donated it to a museum and accept a tax break for it.
ACLTony 11 months ago
Thanks for sharing. Great Video!
SuperStarRendon 1 year ago