STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:16 amUmmm. Not Dixie: "Dixie has also been a problematic label, carrying with it the ugly remnants of slavery and the exploitation of Black people. " https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/27/us/dixie ... index.htmlbostontrainguy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:35 am And to throw an unlikely twist into the pot, a CONO with autoracks could make a new AutoTrain from the midwest to Sanford but that's another story. I know it would be a two night journey but the thousands of snow-birds want their cars down in Florida and it would take two or three days for many of them to drive the distance anyway so it isn't that unreasonable. The midwest is the second largest market for snowbirds going to and coming from Florida.I wouldn't touch CONO's current schedule nor extend it with a possible massive delay. New Orleans is a terminal.
Instead:Having a Dixie AutoTrain and a Royal Palm along this stretch would be better and connect a lot of cities including Nashville.
- Rename the current AutoTrain as the Atlantic AutoTrain
- Make the Sunset East portion the Gulf Wind as a separate train (actual train, so reuse the name)
- Make a direct Chicago-Sanford AutoTrain and name it the Dixie AutoTrain (based on previous train names)
- Make a Chicago-Miami LD train and name it the City of Miami... um, no, use the Royal Palm instead.
But we're getting off-track here and we should be talking about the Gulf Wind instead.
~Ken :: Fairmont ex-UP/MP C436 MT-14M1 ::
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