In what year was the train service that includes the "Palmetto" introduced?
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Palmetto (train) The Palmetto is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak over the 829 mi from New York City south to Savannah, Georgia, via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C., then via Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. The "Palmetto" is a shorter version of the "Silver Meteor", which continues south to Miami, Florida. Between 1996 and 2002 this service was called the Silver Palm. Although currently a day train, in the past the "Palmetto" provided overnight sleeper service to Florida.
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Silver Meteor The Silver Meteor is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Miami, Florida. The first diesel-powered streamliner between New York and Florida, since being introduced by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL) in 1939, it remains in operation now. The train is part of Amtrak's "Silver Service" along with the "Silver Star", another former SAL streamliner.
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Okeechobee station (Metrorail) Okeechobee station is a Metrorail station in Hialeah, Florida. The station is located at the intersection of West 20th Street and Okeechobee Road (US 27), one block south of the Hialeah Expressway (SR 934). It opened to passenger service on May 19, 1985, and was previously the northwestern terminus of the Metrorail system until Palmetto station opened in 2003.
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Edelweiss (train) The Edelweiss was an international express train. For most of its existence, it linked the Netherlands with Switzerland, via Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Introduced in 1928, it was named after a mountain flower, the Edelweiss ("Leontopodium alpinum"), which is associated with alpinism and the Alps, and regarded as a symbol of Switzerland.
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Wilson station (North Carolina) Wilson is an Amtrak train station in Wilson, North Carolina. It is served by two passenger trains, the "Palmetto and Carolinian". The street address is 401 East Nash Street, and is located in the heart of historic downtown Wilson.
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South Wind (train) The South Wind was a named passenger train equipped and operated jointly by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (later Seaboard Coast Line), and the Florida East Coast Railway. The "South Wind" began operations in December 1940, providing streamliner service between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. This was one of three seven-car streamlined trains operating every third day along different routes between Chicago and Miami. The other two trains were the "City of Miami" and the "Dixie Flagler". The "South Wind" remained in service through the creation of Amtrak in 1971 but was soon replaced by the "Floridian".
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Washington–Chicago Express The Washington–Chicago Express, an American named passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), was one of four daily B&O trains operating between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois, via Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1920s–1960s. Other B&O trains of that period on the route were the "Capitol Limited", "Columbian", and the "Shenandoah".
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Lone Star (Amtrak train) The Lone Star was an Amtrak passenger train serving Chicago, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Houston and intermediate points. The train was renamed from the "Texas Chief", which the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had introduced in 1948. Amtrak discontinued the "Lone Star" in 1979.
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Pelican (train) The Pelican was a named train of the Southern Railway which ran from New York City to New Orleans and back until 1970.
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Gottardo (train) The Gottardo was an express train that, for most of its existence, linked Zurich, Switzerland, with Milan, Italy. Introduced in 1961, it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) until 1988, then becoming a EuroCity service and finally a EuroNight service – on a longer route, to Rome – before being discontinued in 2002. The train followed the Gotthard railway and was named for the line, using the Italian spelling for it, "Ferrovia del Gottardo".
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Mugunghwa-ho The Mugunghwa-ho or Mugunghwa is a class of train operated by Korail, main railway operator of South Korea. In 1980, new express train, named 우등 (Udeung, literally meaning Premium), was introduced. Soon it was renamed as Mugunghwa, which was a name of an express train operated in 1960s. Since train classes below Mugunghwa had been retired, thus Mugunghwa trains are now the cheapest class of trains to operate cross-country. Along rural lines such as the Gyeongbuk Line, they remain the only class of passenger train operating. They (and in some cases the Tonggeun) are the only trains to stop at many stations not served by Saemaul-ho or KTX trains. Mugunghwa are built to accommodate large numbers of standing passengers, and frequently have many more standees than sitting passengers.
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Northerner (train) The Northerner was an overnight passenger train between Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand. Originally numbered 227 southbound and 626 northbound, it replaced the unnamed and less revered ordinary express trains supplementing the luxurious "Silver Star" (later the "Eastern & Oriental Express"), which had replaced the "Night Limited" in 1971. The "Northerner" operated from Monday, 3 November 1975 to Friday, 12 November 2004.
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Flying Scotsman (train) The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862; the name was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by Virgin Trains East Coast.
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Fayetteville station Fayetteville is a train station located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and served by Amtrak, the United States' passenger rail system. It is served by Amtrak's "Palmetto" and "Silver Meteor" passenger trains. The street address is 472 Hay Street, and is located in the heart of historic downtown Fayetteville.
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Southern Belle (KCS train) The Southern Belle was a named passenger train service offered by Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) from the 1940s through the 1960s, running between Kansas City, Missouri and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The Jeffersonian The Jeffersonian was an all-coach passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis. Inaugurated in 1941, the services equaled that of the "Trail Blazer", and it was equipped with modernized coaches, twin diners, and observation cars. In 1948, it was re-equipped with new lightweight cars and given a unique car, a recreation car, complete with a movie theater, game tables, and a playpen for kids. In 1956, the "Jeffersonian" was discontinued, and its cars went to other trains. Its coaches went to the "Indianapolis Limited" and "Spirit of St. Louis" (breaking that train's all-Pullman status). In addition, the "General" started carrying through cars to Washington, D.C. Its recreation car went to the "Penn Texas".
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Weymouth Wizard The "Weymouth Wizard" is a named summer service operated by Great Western Railway between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth, Dorset. The special service was named when GWR started running a single Saturday summer Class 43 HST (High Speed Train) service between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth. The use of the 'Weymouth Wizard' name was actually a revival of a title used by British Rail Western Region between 1981 and 1985 on a locomotive-hauled high summer midweek special. This generally ran on Tuesdays-Thursdays from Swindon to Weymouth via Melksham, Westbury and Yeovil Pen Mill. A special, large, commemorative headboard was often carried by the locomotive heading the train, this had been produced by Swindon Works carriage shop and was designed by works sign-writer / illustrator Ernie Hewlett. At the time the Chippenham-Trowbridge stretch of line was under threat of closure and the success of this train went some way to laying the foundations for the route to re-open under the terms of the 'Speller Act' with a limited, experimental passenger service commencing in May 1985. With this came the re-opening of Melksham station. For the later HST service GWR collaborated with The Heart of Wessex Line to promote rail travel along the popular route. The HST service began in 2014 and returned in 2015, 2016 and due to its success returned for 2017.
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Maple Leaf (GTW train) The Maple Leaf was a passenger train operated by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad ("Grand Trunk") between Chicago, Illinois and Toronto, Ontario. It operated from 1927 to 1971. The train took its name from the maple leaf, the national symbol of Canada. The "Maple Leaf" was one of many trains discontinued when Amtrak began operations in 1971, and is unrelated to the "Maple Leaf" which Amtrak now operates between Toronto and New York City.
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Florence station (Amtrak) Florence is a train station in Florence, South Carolina, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Florence is served by Amtrak's "Palmetto" and "Silver Meteor" routes and is a service and smoking stop for the "Auto Train". The station was built by CSX in 1996 as a replacement for the much larger former station, which is now owned by the McLeod Regional Medical Center.
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Dolphin–Palmetto Interchange The Dolphin–Palmetto Interchange, also known as 826–836, is a complex four-level stack interchange in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It primarily serves as a highway interchange between State Road 826 (SR 826, Palmetto Expressway) and SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway), but also has ramps to surface streets such as SR 969 (Milam Dairy Road) and Flagler Street. The reconstruction project was completed in phases from 2012 to 2015-2016, at a cost of about $560 million, with related construction beginning in 2009, replacing the old two-level diamond interchange. The interchange was considered well beyond safe capacity, serving over 400,000 vehicles per day. The reconstruction was the final phase in a 12-step program to improve the highly trafficked Palmetto Expressway, though in 2014 a new project to add express lanes to the Palmetto Expressway was proposed, to begin construction in 2016. Much work also remains for the Dolphin Expressway. Work took place with phased detours, closures, and openings. All roads involved were kept open throughout construction. Much of the new interchange opened in October 2015, including the two highest flyovers, with completion at that point scheduled for March 2016. By summer 2016, the interchange was objectively complete. The official announcement came in early October, very near budget ($563 million) but a couple years over time. The project included moving a drainage canal and construction of 45 individual bridges, with the interchange serving 430,000 vehicles daily. The main four levels of the interchange are the Palmetto at ground level under the Dolphin Expressway, the Dolphin-to-Palmetto left-hand flyovers, then the Palmetto-to-Dolphin left-hand flyovers on top. As of 2016, it's the largest stack interchange in Miami (surpassing the Midtown Interchange).
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Tri-Rail Tri-Rail (reporting mark TRCX) is a commuter rail line linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. It is managed by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) along CSX Transportation's former Miami Subdivision, the line now wholly owned by the Florida DOT. The 70.9 mi system has 18 stations along the Southeast Florida coast, and connects directly to Amtrak at numerous stations, and to Metrorail at the Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer Station and at Miami Airport station.
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Erie Limited The Erie Limited was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Erie Railroad between Jersey City, New Jersey (for New York City) and Chicago, Illinois via the Southern Tier. It operated from 1929 to 1963. After the merger of the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) in 1960 it was known as the Erie-Lackawanna Limited. Once the premier passenger train on the Erie, repeated service reductions in the 1950s and 1960s left it a shell of its former self. The "Phoebe Snow" replaced it in 1963.