Thursday, March 05, 2020

AMTRAK'S SILVER STAR


7 comments:

Chic Silber said...


I am currently in the 1st bedroom

on the right in car #9110 on the

Southbound Silver Star train #91

We just left Carey North Carolina

Next stop will be Southern Pines

at about 10:36 PM

Chic Silber said...


I still fly most of the time

but a few times a year for

a change of pace I love the

overnight train

Chic Silber said...


I could see through the trees

as we passed (& stopped in DeLand)

about 30 minutes behind schedule

The Beatty WQ looks like an image

out of time & very forlorn (sad)

In a way I'm glad it's there

(My Alma Mater from 1961)

Chic Silber said...


The Silver Star & the Silver Meteor

were the names of the 2 daily trains

that the Seaboard Airline Railway ran

between NYC & Miami in the 1st half

of the last century & now glommed

by Amtrak for their use without fee

Only the names are the same (sadly)

Chic Silber said...


Most of this trip is on rental

trackage from CSX South of DC

There has been improvement

on much of this line since my

last trip in in September

Jim Royal said...

Chic, perhaps you should consider getting a private car such as the Jomar.

Richard Reynolds said...

I believe the narrow windows are for the upper berths