# Flamingo (train) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flamingo_(train) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flamingo_(train).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_(train) > Source revision: 1337218420 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Former American passenger train}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox rail service | box_width = | name = ''Flamingo'' | logo = | logo_width = | image = | image_width = | caption = | type = [Inter-city rail](/source/Inter-city_rail) | status = Discontinued | locale = [Midwestern United States](/source/Midwestern_United_States)/[Southeastern United States](/source/Southeastern_United_States) | predecessor = | first = September 27, 1925 | last = March 7, 1968 | successor = | operator = | formeroperator = [Louisville and Nashville Railroad](/source/Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad), [Atlantic Coast Line Railroad](/source/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad) | ridership = | ridership2 = | website = | start = [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati), [Ohio](/source/Ohio) | stops = | end = [Jacksonville, Florida](/source/Jacksonville%2C_Florida);
[Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), beginning in 1962 | distance = {{convert|886|mi|km}} | journeytime = Southbound: 25 hrs 30 min
Northbound: 24 hrs 5 min | frequency = Daily | trainnumber = 17, 101 (southbound), 18, 102 (northbound) | line_used = | class = | access = | seating = Reclining seat coaches | sleeping = [Sections](/source/Sleeping_car), [roomette](/source/roomette)s, and [double bedrooms](/source/Sleeping_car) (1955) | autorack = | catering = [Diner](/source/Dining_car) | observation = | entertainment = | baggage = | otherfacilities = | stock = | gauge = | el = | speed = | owners = | routenumber = | map = {{Flamingo train}} | map_state = collapsed }} The '''Flamingo''' was a passenger train operated by the [Louisville and Nashville Railroad](/source/Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad) and the [Atlantic Coast Line Railroad](/source/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad) between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Florida, from the 1920s to the 1960s. It carried coaches and sleeping cars. ==History== Inaugurated on September 27, 1925, it operated between [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati) and [Jacksonville, Florida](/source/Jacksonville%2C_Florida), with [sleeper service](/source/sleeping_car) between [Cincinnati Union Terminal](/source/Cincinnati_Union_Terminal) and [Atlanta Union Station](/source/Atlanta_Union_Station_(1930)). It was operated in conjunction with the [Central of Georgia Railway](/source/Central_of_Georgia_Railway) and the [Atlantic Coast Line Railroad](/source/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad).{{cite web|title=The Flamingo|publisher=American Rails |url=http://www.american-rails.com/flamingo.html|access-date=August 3, 2017}} The train would split at Atlanta,Atlantic Coast Line Timetable, October 30, 1955, Table L with one branch going via the ACL line via Cordele, and the other going through the Central of Georgia's line to Albany. On the branch from Albany to Jacksonville, the ''Flamingo''Atlantic Coast Line Timetable, June 12, 1955, Table L ran in tandem with the Illinois Central's ''[Seminole](/source/Seminole_(train)),'' departing stations with an identical schedule for that final segment.Atlantic Coast Line Timetable, June 12, 1955, Table I In Jacksonville, riders could continue their trips to elsewhere in Florida on various ACL branch lines that served different parts of the state, such as St. Petersburg, Sarasota (via Orlando and Tampa), Ft. Myers and Miami. Travellers to Miami would transfer in Jacksonville to the FEC's ''Havana Special.''Atlantic Coast Line Timetable, June 12, 1955, Tables C, L'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Florida East Coast section, Table 1 The ''[Southland](/source/Southland_(train))'' operated on similar route from Cincinnati to Albany portion, however, the ''Southland'' ran overnight through Georgia. An empty oil tanker that had been attached to a north-bound freight train came loose and hit and wrecked the ''Flamingo'' near [Falmouth, Kentucky](/source/Falmouth%2C_Kentucky) in 1957. The injured received care at a local hospital.{{cite book|author=Penny Tuemler Conrad|title=Pendleton County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7u-KjTmpN0C&pg=PA45|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-8621-2|page=45}} Service was truncated to Atlanta in 1962; by September 8, 1965, the name was removed from the train. It was discontinued on March 7, 1968. The dining car, originally built in 1948, was restored and returned to service by the Kentucky-Indiana Rail Advocates in 1998, serving up food on the dinner train from original recipes like seafood gumbo, lamb, plum pudding, and ham with red eye gravy.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/111534300/ |title=Recipes from L&N Revived |date=November 22, 1998 |page=4|access-date=August 3, 2017|via=newspapers.com|url-access=subscription }} ==Major stations served== *[Cincinnati Union Station](/source/Cincinnati_Union_Station) *[Covington, Kentucky](/source/Covington%2C_Kentucky) *[Winchester, Kentucky](/source/Winchester%2C_Kentucky) *[Corbin, Kentucky](/source/Corbin%2C_Kentucky) (with connections to and from [Louisville](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky) to the west) *[Knoxville L&N Station](/source/L%26N_Station_(Knoxville)) *[Cartersville, Georgia](/source/Cartersville%2C_Georgia) *[Marietta Depot](/source/Marietta_depot_(Georgia)) *[Atlanta Union Station](/source/Atlanta_Union_Station_(1930)) *[Atlanta Terminal Station](/source/Terminal_Station_(Atlanta%2C_Georgia)) *[Albany Union Station](/source/Heritage_Plaza_(Albany%2C_Georgia)) *[Jacksonville Union Station](/source/Jacksonville_Union_Station) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book|author=Maury Klein|title=History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad|date=December 6, 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4675-1}} * {{cite book|title=The Railroad Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7nlCAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Louisville+and+Nashville+Railroad%22+Flamingo|year=1947}} * {{cite book|author=United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board. Third Division|title=Awards. Third Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7kaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Louisville+and+Nashville+Railroad%22+Flamingo|page=364}} ==External links== *[http://streamlinermemories.info/South/L&N65TT.pdf December 1965 L&N schedule] *[https://streamlinermemories.info/FL/ACL55-10TT.pdf October 1955 ACL schedule] {{LN named trains}} {{CG named trains}} {{ACL named trains}} Category:Passenger trains of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Category:Passenger trains of the Central of Georgia Railway Category:Passenger trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Category:Passenger rail transportation in Ohio Category:Passenger rail transportation in Kentucky Category:Passenger rail transportation in Tennessee Category:Passenger rail transportation in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Passenger rail transportation in Florida Category:Named passenger trains of the United States Category:Night trains of the United States Category:Railway services introduced in 1925 Category:Railway services discontinued in 1968 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Flamingo (train)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_(train)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_(train)?action=history)). 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