From the pages of the Official Guide, April 1971

The South Wind

Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
December 10, 1970

90	Connecting Train Number (Penn Central)					93
8 00A	Dp	0	Chicago, IL (CT)	C R	Ar	8 00P
R 8 14A		7	Englewood, IL (CT)	R X
11 27A		117	Logansport, IN (ET)	C		6 30P
F12 12P		154	Frankfort, IN	X		F 5 45P
1 17P		202	Indianapolis, IN	R		4 50P
F2 05P		243	Columbus, IN	X		F 3 50P
F2 25P		261	Seymour, IN	X		F 3 27P
3 55P	Ar	313	Louisville, KY (ET)	R	Dp	2 20P
9	Connecting Train Number (Louisville & Nashville)					8
12 20P	Dp	0	Cincinnati, OH (ET)		Ar	5 35P
3 35P	Ar	114	Louisville, KY (ET)		Dp	2 25P
15	Train Number					16
See Note		Miles	(Louisville & Nashville)	Services		See Note
4 05P	Dp	0	Louisville, KY (ET)	C R	Ar	2 00P
5 19P		114	Bowling Green, KY (CT)	R X		10 39A
7 00P	Ar	187	Nashville, TN	C R	Dp	9 10A
7 20P	Dp	187	Nashville, TN	C R	Ar	8 50A
9 27P		307	Decatur, AL	R X		6 21A
11 15P	Ar	392	Birmingham, AL	C R	Dp	4 35A
11 30P	Dp	392	Birmingham, AL	C R	Ar	4 15A
1 30A	Ar	490	Montgomery, AL	C R	Dp	2 10A
12	Continuing Train Number (Seaboard Coast Line)					11
1 35A	Dp	490.0	Montgomery, AL	C R	Ar	1 35A
2 30A		541.4	Troy, AL	C		12 09A
3 18A		581.7	Ozark, AL (Fort Rucker)	C		11 21P
3 54A		609.0	Dothan, AL (CT)	C		10 48P
5 56A		664.3	Bainbridge, GA (ET)	C		10 39P
6 45A	Ar	700.5	Thomasville, GA	C	Dp	10 00P
6 50A	Dp	700.5	Thomasville, GA	C	Ar	9 55P
7 35A		743.9	Valdosta, GA	C		8 58P
8 39A	Ar	803.2	Waycross, GA (Oklahoma Ave.)	C	Dp	7 50P
5	Continuing Train Number					6
8 50A	Dp	803.2	Waycross, GA (Oklahoma Ave.)	C	Ar	7 45P
10 25A	Ar	879.9	Jacksonville, FL	C R	Dp	6 30P
10 50A	Dp	879.9	Jacksonville, FL	C R	Ar	6 05P
12 34P		987.1	De Land, FL (Daytona Beach)	C		3 55P
12 55P		1004.2	Sanford, FL	C R		3 30P
1 35P		1026.5	Orlando, FL	C R		2 50P
F 2 50P		1071.9	Winter Haven, FL	C		F 1 25P
F 3 00P		1081.6	West Lake Wales, FL	C		F 1 15P
F 3 18P		1104.3	Avon Park, FL	C		F12 55P
F 3 28P		1113.3	Sebring, FL	C		F12 45P
F 4 00P		1154.8	Okeechobee, FL	C		F12 11P
5 05P		1226.4	West Palm Beach, FL	C R		11 20A
F 5 15P		1222.6	Lake Worth, FL	C		F11 03A
F 5 27P		1244.0	Delray Beach, FL	C R		F10 53A
F 5 40P		1254.8	Deerfield Beach, FL (Boca Raton)	C		F10 44A
6 10P		1268.8	Fort Lauderdale, FL	C R		10 30A
6 35P		1276.2	Hollywood, FL	C		10 10A
F 7 00P		1282.5	Hialeah, FL (International Airport)	C		F 9 55A
7 30P	Ar	1296.5	Miami, FL (ET)	C R	Dp	9 45A
	St. Petersburg Section
93	Continuing Train Number					94
10 45A	Dp	879.9	Jacksonville, FL	C R	Ar	4 35P
12 35P		964.8	Gainesville, FL	C R		2 35P
1 25P		1006.3	Ocala, FL (Union Station)	C R		1 40P
2 20P		1040.3	Leesburg, FL	C		12 50P
3 25P		1079.5	Trilby, FL	C		11 55A
D 3 40P		1090.7	San Antonio, FL	C		R11 37A
D 4 19P		1123.6	Tarpon Springs, FL	C R		R10 55A
D 4 34P		1133.9	Dunedin, FL	C R		R10 35A
4 42P		1137.2	Clearwater, FL (Belleview-Biltmore Hotel)	C R		10 25A
5 25P	Ar	1154.9	St. Petersburg, FL (ET) (Tampa, Sarasota via bus)	C R	Dp	10 05A

Train 15-12-5: 27 stops, 27:25, 47.3 MPH

Train 15-12-5-93: 21 stops, 25:20, 45.6 MPH

Train 6-11-16: 27 stops, 28:15, 45.9 MPH

Train 94-6-11-16: 21 stops, 27:55, 41.4 MPH

Note: The South Wind operates April 1, 1971 and every other day thereafter (April 3, 5, 7, etc.) departing from both Louisville and Miami. The City of Miami (Chicago to Florida via Jackson, TN and Birmingham - I.C., C. of G., S.C.L.) operates on the same schedule between Waycross, GA and both Miami and St. Petersburg on the days the South Wind does not operate. Therefore, there is daily service between Waycross, GA and Miami/St. Petersburg, and every other day service between Louisville and Waycross, GA via Louisville and Nashville.

Note: The South Wind operates combined with the Pan-American between Louisville and Montgomery, AL.

(Penn Central Notes)

Dates of Operation

PC 90 - Runs from Chicago ODD dates during April [1971].
PC 93 - Runs from Louisville EVEN dates during April [1971].

Provides connecting service at Louisville to and from Florida points via Louisville and Nashville and Seaboard Coast Line.

(Louisville & Nashville Notes)

CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE and FLORIDA
The South Wind via Montgomery
OPERATES EVERY OTHER DAY ALL YEAR
Connecting service from Cincinnati via Louisville to Florida

EQUIPMENT

THE SOUTH WIND.

Streamlined Coach-Pullman Train.
Chicago-Louisville-Miami.
Operates Every Other Day.

April 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and every other day.

Sleepers...[SW-93] Louisville-Miami (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms).

Coach-Buffet-Lounge...Chicago-Louisville.

Diner-Lounge...Louisville-Montgomery.

Cafe-Lounge...Dothan-Miami.

Grill Car...Jacksonville-St. Petersburg.

Coaches...Chicago-Louisville. (Reclining Seats NOT Reserved.)
[SW-3] Louisville-Miami. All Seats Reserved.
[SW-1] Louisville-St. Petersburg. All Seats Reserved.

Special Service Charge for Coach Passengers - Minimum $1.00 - Maximum $2.00

Coach Attendants

(Seaboard Coast Line Notes)

EQUIPMENT

DATES OF OPERATION FROM BOTH CHICAGO AND FLORIDA
April 1 and every other day (odd dates).

Baggage Cars...Chicago-Louisville.
Louisville-Montgomery.
Montgomery-Miami.
Jacksonville-St. Petersburg.

Coaches (Two)...Chicago-Louisville (Reclining Seats not Reserved).

Coach-Buffet-Lounge...Chicago-Louisville (Reclining Seats not Reserved).

Sleeper...[SW-93] Louisville-Miami - 10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms.

Coaches...[SW-3] Louisville-Miami - (Reclining, Reserved Seats).
[SW-1] Louisville-St. Petersburg (Reclining, Reserved Seats).

Diner-Lounge...Louisville-Montgomery.

Cafe-Lounge...Dothan-Miami.

Tavern-Coach...Jacksonville-St. Petersburg (Sandwich-Beverage service).

Coach Attendants.

Note B - Special service charge to or from most I. C. stations $3.00; to or from most L. & N. or C. of G. stations $2.00 (consult agent for exceptions); between S. C. L. stations $1.00 where one-way coach fare is $9.28 or more, 50c. otherwise. Not applicable intrastate in Georgia or Florida.

Through the timetable for June 1969, the South Wind continued to provide through service from Chicago to Florida. However, by February of 1970 the Penn Central had pulled out of the joint operating agreement for the train, leaving L. & N. and S. C. L. to continue it on their own. While Penn Central did not discontinue service completely, the train's run was now split and Chicago passengers had to transfer from Penn Central's train 90 to the South Wind in Louisville. This manner of operation would continue up until the transfer of passenger service to Amtrak in May 1971.

Effective May 1, 1971 the South Wind would become a daily train for the first time in its history and through service to Chicago would resume as Amtrak consolidated all passenger service from Florida to the Midwest on this route. However, the service would only last for slightly more than 8 years. Bedeviled with poor timekeeping, in large part the result of deteriorating track conditions due to deferred maintenance, the Floridian (as Amtrak renamed it) would be discontinued with the Carter cutbacks in 1979.