AMTRAK
SILVER SERVICES TO FLORIDA
Northbound Silver Meteor
Lawtey, Fl; December 1999.
A CSX freight train was victim of a derailment on the A-line. Both
Silver Meteor and Silver Star northbounds were rerouted through the S-line.
The Meteor speeds toward Baldwin. In a few minutes, it will be the turn
of the southbound Sunset Limited which was also rerouted that day.
Kissimmee, Fl; July 1997.
The late Silver Meteor just met with the Silver Star southbound south
of town and is now getting ready to pick up some frustrated passengers.
Sanford, Fl; February 2000.
Sanford is now just another quick stop on the route. What is left of
the wide and long platform and the main building in the background, might
suggests that this might have been a more important stop in the past.
Folkston, Ga; March 1999.
The Florida Funnel at its best; a few railfans on a beautiful Spring
day gets their patients rewarded when an unidentified object hit the DD
box at Boulogne; length of train: 782 feet. This is no short CSX local.
There is no more talking. We are all glued to the scanner. The next transmission
is at South End. And then, it is showtime time. The headlights come out
from around the curve without a sound. All 3200 hp effortlessly pull the
the train up the slight grade to Folkston then slip by downtown leaving
only dust and diesel fume in the air.
Savannah, Ga; August 1997.
I just got in town looking for a motel and hear the horn of an inbound.
I run to the Terminal and find the northbound Silver Meteor getting ready
to pick up some passengers.
