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Remembering Seaboard Air Line passenger trains

By Angela Cotey | March 10, 2021

The Seaboard Air Line is Classic Trains' railroad of the month for March 2021

Two diesel electric locomotives haul a passenger train.

Birmingham–New York Silver Comet at Howells Tower, Atlanta, August 1964.

Photograph by David W. Slater

Two diesel electric locomotives haul a passenger train.
Diesel locomotives hauling a passenger train.

E4 diesels on winter-only New York–Florida Orange Blossom Special, March 1939.

Photograph by Hugh M. Comer

Diesel locomotives hauling a passenger train.
A streamlined silver-colored passenger train as seen above and from the rear.
22-car Miami–New York Silver Meteor at Citra, Fla., April 1964.
Photograph by David W. Salter
A streamlined silver-colored passenger train as seen above and from the rear.
Interior of a passenger car. Black & White photo.
Five-double-bedroom/lounge Sun Lounge car for Silver Meteor, 1955.
Seaboard Air Line photograph
Interior of a passenger car. Black & White photo.
Diesel locomotives haul a passenger train.
E7 diesels with New York–Miami Silver Meteor near Coleman, Fla., April 1964.
Photograph by David W. Salter
Diesel locomotives haul a passenger train.
Diesel locomotives leading a passenger train in green, rolling countryside.
Three E7 diesels backing New York–Miami Silver Meteor into Jacksonville (Fla.) Terminal, 1965. Photograph by David W. Salter
Diesel locomotives leading a passenger train in green, rolling countryside.
A railway chef in his kitchen. Color photo.
Dining-car galley of New York–Birmingham Silver Comet, April 1965.
A railway chef in his kitchen. Color photo.
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Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac 4-8-4 614 with Birmingham–New York Silver Comet at AF Tower, Alexandria, Va., April 1949.

Union Switch & Signal photograph

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A streamline passenger train seen in a motion blurred image.
Sun Lounge car in New York–Miami Silver Meteor near Coleman, Fla., April 1964.
Photograph by David W. Salter
A streamline passenger train seen in a motion blurred image.

All through March 2021, Classic Trains is celebrating the style and service of the Seaboard Air Line. This week, we re-present a version of a photo gallery of SAL passenger trains that first appeared in June 2015.

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