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South Wind (train)

South Wind
Overview
Type Inter-city rail
System Pennsylvania Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (later Seaboard Coast Line), Florida East Coast Railway, Amtrak
Status Discontinued
Termini Chicago, Illinois
St. Petersburg, Florida
Miami, Florida
Operation
Opened December 1940
Closed November 14, 1971
Technical
Line length 1,526 miles (2,456 km) (Chicago-Miami)
1,478 miles (2,379 km) (Chicago-St. Petersburg)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Dist.
Station
0 mi Chicago
22 mi
35 km
Homewood
Illinois/Indiana border
55 mi
89 km
Kankakee
129 mi
208 km
Lafayette
193 mi
311 km
Indianapolis
Indiana/Kentucky border
304 mi
489 km
Louisville
418 mi
673 km
Bowling Green
Kentucky/Tennessee border
491 mi
790 km
Nashville
Tennessee/Alabama border
611 mi
983 km
Decatur
696 mi
1120 km
Birmingham
794 mi
1278 km
Montgomery
913 mi
1469 km
Dothan
Alabama/Georgia border
1004 mi
1616 km
Thomasville
1048 mi
1687 km
Valdosta
1109 mi
1785 km
Waycross
Georgia/Florida border
1184 mi
1905 km
Jacksonville
1291 mi
2078 km
DeLand
1308 mi
2105 km
Sanford
1326 mi
2134 km
Winter Park
1331 mi
2142 km
Orlando
1391 mi
2239 km
Lakeland
1422 mi
2288 km
Tampa
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