Dixiana (train)

The Dixiana was a passenger train operated between Chicago, Illinois, and Miami, Florida. The train ran on an every-third-day schedule using the "Dixie Route," a multi-railroad routing via Nashville, Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida. The railroads collaborating on Dixie Route passenger trains included the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line, and Florida East Coast.

The Dixiana entered service on January 1, 1942 and was discontinued two weeks later after completing only five round trips, making it one of the shortest-lived named American passenger trains ever. The train was cancelled so that its equipment could be freed for use in transportation needs related to the onset of World War II.

Named trains of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Dixiana Dixie Flagler Dixie Flyer Humming Bird Meadowlark Whippoorwill

Named trains of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Dixiana (train) Dixie Flagler Dixie Flyer Gulf Wind Humming Bird Pan-American Piedmont Limited

Named trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Champion Dixiana Dixie Flagler Dixie Flyer Seminole

Named trains of the Florida East Coast Railway

Dixiana Dixie Flagler Dixie Flyer Royal Palm

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