| 词条 | Kansas City–Florida Special |
| 释义 |
The Kansas City-Florida Special was a pooled night train and the premier train of the Frisco Railroad and the Southern Railway. Operating from Kansas City, Missouri to Jacksonville, Florida, it was unique as the only long distance passenger train to traverse the Mississippi River south of St. Louis, Missouri and north of New Orleans, Louisiana. Additionally, it contrasted with trains of the Illinois Central Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad which offered Great Lakes Mid-West to Florida service, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Coast Line Railroad which offered New York to Florida service. A running advertisement read, "Only the Kansas City-Florida Special offers through train service between Kansas City and the East Coast of Florida [with] convenient one-change connections at Kansas City and Pacific Coast points. This popular through train has modern roomette and bedroom sleeping cars between Kansas City and Miami - section, double bedroom and compartment sleeping cars and luxury reclining-seat coaches between Kansas City, Birmingham, Atlanta, and Jacksonville - lounge and dining car facilities." (Generally, the service to Miami required a transfer in Jacksonville.)[1] {{italic title}}{{Infobox rail service| box_width = | name = Kansas City-Florida | color = | logo = | logo_width = | image = | image_width = | caption = | type = Inter-city rail | status = Discontinued | locale = Southeastern United States | predecessor = | first = {{start date|1911|11|26}} | last = {{end date|1964}} | successor = | operator = | formeroperator = Frisco Railroad Southern Railway | ridership = | ridership2 = | website = | start = Kansas City, Missouri | stops = | end = Jacksonville, Florida (1959) | distance = {{convert|1229.5|mi|km}} (1959) | journeytime = | frequency = Daily | trainnumber = 105 (eastbound), 106 (westbound) | line_used = | class = | access = | seating = Reclining seat coaches | sleeping = Sections, roomettes, double bedrooms, and a compartment (1959) | autorack = | catering = Dining car | observation = | entertainment = | baggage = | otherfacilities = | stock = | gauge = | el = | speed = | owners = | routenumber = | map = | map_state = collapsed }} The train was inaugurated on November 26, 1911. Sleeping cars were dropped from the train by the train's last year of operation and service was terminated in 1964. The Frisco's Sunnyland ran parallel with this route, as a local train from Memphis to Atlanta.[1][2][3][4] Major station stops
Notes{{ref-list}}{{SLSF named trains}}{{Named Trains of the Southern Railway}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kansas City-Florida Special}} 12 : Named passenger trains of the United States|Night trains of the United States|Passenger trains of the Southern Railway (U.S.)|Passenger trains of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway|Passenger rail transportation in Alabama|Passenger rail transportation in Florida|Passenger rail transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)|Passenger rail transportation in Mississippi|Passenger rail transportation in Missouri|Passenger rail transportation in Tennessee|Railway services introduced in 1911|Railway services discontinued in 1964 |
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