Beach resorts and orange groves, just be careful of the hurricanes and the snakes... A late 1930s postcard of the all-Pullman car Orange Blossom Special which had been inaugurated on 21 November 1925.
The train was handled by the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville to Miami. A section went to Tampa and St. Petersburg, as a winter season only service.
The service was suspended during WW2 and its last run was in 1953. The equivalent train today is Amtrak's Silver Meteor.
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