Orange Blossom Special

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Orange Blossom Special was a famous luxury passenger train that ran between New York and Florida during the early to mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf named train ⓘ
passenger train ⓘ
category Named passenger trains of the United States ⓘ
Passenger trains of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad ⓘ
connectedWith New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
discontinuationReason decline in passenger rail travel in the United States ⓘ
endPointForThroughService Miami, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Miami
endStation Miami passenger station ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact inspired the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special" ⓘ
marketingFocus tourist travel to Florida ⓘ
namedAfter orange blossom ⓘ
notableFor fast New York–Florida schedule ⓘ
luxury accommodations ⓘ
status as a premier Florida train ⓘ
onboardService barber and valet services (in some eras) ⓘ
club and lounge cars ⓘ
full-service dining ⓘ
operatedBy Seaboard Air Line Railroad ⓘ
operatedDuring early 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
operatedInRegion East Coast of the United States ⓘ
operatedOn Seaboard Air Line main line ⓘ
operatedOnRoute New York–Florida ⓘ
operatingPeriodEnd 1953 ⓘ
operatingPeriodStart 1925 ⓘ
primaryPurpose seasonal winter service to Florida ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railwayServiceType luxury passenger service ⓘ
seasonalOperation winter-only ⓘ
servedDestination Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah

St. Petersburg, Florida ⓘ
Tampa, Florida ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
West Palm Beach, Florida ⓘ
serviceClass Pullman sleeping car service ⓘ
dining car service ⓘ
first-class ⓘ
observation car service ⓘ
startPointForThroughService New York, New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
startStation Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
subjectOf song "Orange Blossom Special" ⓘ
terminus Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
Miami, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Miami

New York City ⓘ
tractionType diesel locomotive (later years) ⓘ
steam locomotive (early years) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seaboard Air Line Railroad → notableService → Orange Blossom Special ⓘ
Live at Folsom Prison concert → notableSongPerformed → Orange Blossom Special ⓘ
Orange Blossom Special → hasCulturalImpact → inspired the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special" ⓘ
linked to: Orange Blossom Special
At Folsom Prison → hasPart → Orange Blossom Special ⓘ
New York–Florida → historicallyServedByTrain → Orange Blossom Special ⓘ
Seaboard main line → usedBy → Orange Blossom Special ⓘ