Amtrak completed its inaugural trip on a temporary new route connecting Chicago, Illinois, and Miami, Florida. The Floridian train combines two existing routes, the Capitol Limited and Silver Star ...

I text my parents a photo from Pat of me while waiting ... The sun rises as Amtrak’s Train No. 41, the Floridian, travels south toward Miami from Chicago. It’s OK though.

Instead, the train had a less limited "flexible dining" option for its first-class private room passengers, says Amtrak's website. The Floridian came about due to the East River Tunnel (ERT ...

The interior of the Jacksonville Amtrak station. For the record, I wasn’t technically riding the Floridian. That train goes across the state to Tampa, then comes back to Central Florida and ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A passenger looks out the window as Amtrak’s Train 41, the Floridian, bound for Miami approaches Harpers Ferry in West Virginia. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share ...

Within the month, Amtrak will consign ... north of there to take another train to New York or an intermediate stop on the way, and to lose connections going further north. The new combined train will ...

Efforts to revive Amtrak train service in Nashville and other Tennessee cities have resurfaced repeatedly in the 45 years since the Floridian shut down. In 2020, Tennessee state legislators met ...