Time:
A - A.M.
D - Train stops only to discharge passengers
F - Conditional (Flag) stop
M - Meal stop
N - Not a passenger stop
P - P.M.
R - Train stops only to receive passengers
Services:
A - Auto loading/unloading facilities (as freight)
B - Checked baggage is handled
C - Coupon station (Ticket office)
M - Food service available
P - Telephone station
R - Rental cars available
T - Telegraph station
X - Checked baggage NOT handled
| 99 | Train Number | 98 | ||||
| See Note | Miles | (Chicago & Eastern Illinois) | Services | See Note | ||
| 8 40A | Dp | 0.0 | Chicago, IL (Dearborn Sta.) (CT) | T C R | Ar | 9 55P |
| 8 52A | 6.6 | Englewood, IL (63rd St.) | T C | 9 40P | ||
| 10 40A | Ar | 123.2 | Danville, IL | T C R | Dp | 7 50P |
| 10 42A | Dp | Ar | 7 48P | |||
| 11 45A | 177.5 | Terre Haute, IN | T C R | 6 47P | ||
| F12 39P | 234.7 | Vincennes, IN | T C R | F 5 49P | ||
| 1 53P | Ar | 287.3 | Evansville, IN | T C R | Dp | 4 42P |
| 11 | Continuing Train Number (Louisville & Nashville) | 12 | ||||
| 1 58P | Dp | 287 | Evansville, IN | T C | Ar | 4 37P |
| 5 03P | Ar | 446 | Nashville, TN | T C | Dp | 1 32P |
| (Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis) | ||||||
| 5 08P | Dp | 446.3 | Nashville, TN | T C A | Ar | 1 27P |
| F 6 23P | 515.7 | Tullahoma, TN (Camp Forrest) | T C | F12 03P | ||
| 8 15P | Ar | 598.0 | Chattanooga, TN (Union Station) | T C A | Dp | 10 20A |
| 8 20P | Dp | Ar | 10 15A | |||
| 11 18P | Ar | 734.6 | Atlanta, GA (Union Station) | T C A | Dp | 7 17A |
| (Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast) | ||||||
| 11 23P | Dp | 734.6 | Atlanta, GA (Union Station) | T C | Ar | 7 12A |
| 1 21A | 812.8 | Manchester, GA (CT) | T C | 5 17A | ||
| F 4 30A | 905.9 | Cordele, GA (ET) | T C | F 4 03A | ||
| 5 24A | 942.8 | Fitzgerald, GA | T C | 3 15A | ||
| F 6 00A | 971.5 | Douglas, GA | T C | F 2 33A | ||
| 6 57A | Ar | 1013.9 | Waycross, GA (Union Station) | T C | Dp | 1 38A |
| 3 | Continuing Train Number (Atlantic Coast Line) | 4 | ||||
| 7 05A | Dp | 1013.9 | Waycross, GA (Union Station) | T C A | Ar | 1 30A |
| 8 30A | Ar | 1089.1 | Jacksonville, FL | T C A M | Dp | 12 05A |
| 89 | Connecting Train Number (Atlantic Coast Line) | 92 | ||||
| 8 45A | Dp | 0.0 | Jacksonville, FL (ET) | Ar | 8 30P | |
| 11 35A | 106.6 | DeLand, FL | 6 18P | |||
| 12 12P | 124.4 | Sanford, FL | 5 55P | |||
| 1 03P | 146.6 | Orlando, FL | 5 13P | |||
| 2 33P | 207.3 | Lakeland, FL | 4 11P | |||
| 3 30P | Ar | 239.0 | Tampa, FL (ET) | Dp | 3 30P | |
| 39 | Connecting Train Number (Atlantic Coast Line) | 40 | ||||
| 8 35A | Dp | 0.0 | Jacksonville, FL (ET) | Ar | 8 20P | |
| 3 24P | 257.2 | Clearwater, FL | 1 14P | |||
| 4 00P | Ar | 275.0 | St. Petersburg, FL (ET) | Dp | 12 40P | |
| 3 | Continuing Train Number (Florida East Coast) | 4 | ||||
| 8 40A | Dp | 1089 | Jacksonville, FL | T C A | Ar | 11 55P |
| 9 15A | 1126 | St. Augustine, FL | T C A | 11 10P | ||
| F 9 38A | 1176 | Bunnell, FL | T C A | F10 40P | ||
| 10 02A | 1199 | Daytona Beach, FL | T C A | 10 18P | ||
| 10 25A | 1214 | New Smyrna Beach, FL | T C A | 10 01P | ||
| 10 54A | 1243 | Titusville, FL | T C | 9 22P | ||
| 11 11A | 1263 | Cocoa-Rockledge, FL | T C A | 9 02P | ||
| 11 30A | 1283 | Melbourne, FL | T C A | 8 42P | ||
| 12 02P | 1317 | Vero Beach, FL | T C A | 8 13P | ||
| 12 21P | 1331 | Fort Pierce, FL | T C A | 7 59P | ||
| 12 41P | 1350 | Stuart, FL | T C A | 7 32P | ||
| F12 54P | 1364 | Hobe Sound, FL | C | F 7 16P | ||
| 1 21P | 1388 | West Palm Beach, FL | T C A | 6 52P | ||
| 1 33P | 1395 | Lake Worth, FL | T C A | 6 37P | ||
| 1 45P | 1406 | Delray Beach, FL | T C A | 6 25P | ||
| F 1 54P | 1414 | Boca Raton, FL | C A | F 6 15P | ||
| F 2 01P | 1422 | Pompano, FL | T C A | F 6 07P | ||
| 2 12P | 1430 | Fort Lauderdale, FL (Port Everglade) | T C A | 5 58P | ||
| 2 24P | 1437 | Hollywood, FL | C A | 5 47P | ||
| 2 50P | Ar | 1455 | Miami, FL (ET) | T C A | Dp | 5 25P |
Observation-Tavern Lounge Car...Between Chicago and Miami.
De Luxe Reclining Seat Coaches...Between Chicago and Miami - 254 Seats.
Dining Car...Between Chicago and Miami.
Coaches...(Individual Reclining Seats.) (All seats numbered and must be reserved in advance.)
Tavern-Lounge-Observation Car. (Radio.)
Dining Car...Low priced meals. (Breakfast 50 cents - Luncheon or Dinner 60 cents.)
Maid ServiceObservation-Tavern-Lounge Car (Radio) and De Luxe Chair Cars (Reclining Seats) - Chicago-Miami.
Dining Car...Chicago-Miami - Breakfast 50c, Luncheon 60c, Dinner 60c.
All seats reserved in advance. Connecting coaches at Jacksonville for St. Petersburg and Tampa.Tavern-Observation Lounge...Chicago-Miami
Chair Cars...[DF-1] Chicago-Miami - (22 Seats).
[DF-2]
Chicago-Miami - (60 Seats).
[DF-3] Chicago-Miami - (52 Seats).
[DF-4]
Chicago-Miami - (60 Seats).
[DF-5] Chicago-Miami - (60 Seats).
Dining Car...Chicago-Miami.
Tavern-Observation Lounge...Miami-Chicago
Chair
Cars...[DF-1] Miami-Chicago - (22
Seats).
[DF-2] Miami-Chicago -
(60 Seats).
[DF-3]
Miami-Chicago - (52 Seats).
[DF-4]
Miami-Chicago - (60 Seats).
[DF-5]
Miami-Chicago - (60 Seats).
Dining Car...Miami-Chicago.
All seats on the Dixie Flagler must be reserved and assigned in advance.
The Dixie Flagler was the oldest of the Chicago-Florida trio by a year, having been built by Budd for Florida East Coast in 1939 as the Henry M. Flagler, a regional Jacksonville-Miami streamliner. Renamed the Dixieland, it would also be the first of the three to be discontinued, in late 1957. It began operation on its new Chicago-Miami routing on December 17, 1940. Although initially planned as a winter-only venture, public response was so strong that, along with its sister trains, it had been put on a year-round schedule by the following summer.
This train's routing was at the same time the most direct (1455 miles) and yet most complex of the trio - no fewer than six different railroads combined to handle the train between Chicago and Miami. However, to be fair, it must be noted that the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast was controlled by (and later merged into) Atlantic Coast Line while the N. C. & St. L. was an affiliate of L. & N. To complicate matters even more, A. C. L. owned (but did not exercise) a controlling interest in the L. & N. Streamliner era railroading was perhaps a bit more complex than might appear at first glance.