A 1967 Trip From North Miami to Fort Lauderdale on the Florida East Coast Railway

Watch a vintage 1½ minute 8mm film of a 1967 trip from North Miami to Fort Lauderdale on the local passenger train #2. This was the mini-streamliner that FEC was required to operate daily except Sunday between North Miami and Jacksonville from 1965 to 1968. The regular trains to the Northeast and Midwest like the East Coast Champion and City of Miami had all been rerouted off the FEC because of the notorious strike that lasted from 1963 to 1977. The consist pulled by E9A #1033 on this date included coach "Bunnell" and tavern observation "Saint Lucie Sound", both delivered in 1946. The train and the 1950s era stations are but pleasant memories. More at rails.getcruising.com



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