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The ''Seminole'', also known as the ''Seminole Limited'', was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Illinois Central Railroad, Central of Georgia Railway, and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Jacksonville, Florida. It operated from 1909 to 1969 and was the first year-round service between the two cities. == History == The Illinois Central Railroad, Central of Georgia Railway, and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad introduced the ''Seminole Limited'' on November 15, 1909, in time for the winter tourist season. The new train carried coaches, sleeping cars, and a full dining car. Through services included a St. Louis, Missouri–Jacksonville sleeper and a Chicago–Savannah, Georgia sleeper. The train operated on a "two night out" schedule, departing Chicago at 9:00 PM in the evening and arriving in Jacksonville at 7:05 AM on the second morning out. This permitted a late afternoon arrival in Birmingham, Alabama. The travel time was 35 hours from Chicago, three hours faster than existing services.〔 The train operated on a daily schedule. The Illinois Central billed it as a "solid, fast through train." From Jacksonville passengers could make connections to other locations in Florida.〔 It was the first year-round service between the two cities. The African-American dramatist and playwright T. Montgomery Gregory, then a professor at Howard University, rode the ''Seminole Limited'' in Georgia in 1915 as part of his investigation into "Jim Crow" (segregated) cars on Southern trains. Gregory noted that even though the segregated cars on the Central of Georgia were "superior" to other railroads and that the ''Seminole Limited'' in particular was "one of the most favorable trains in the South", the train's conductor forced him from his coach at three in the morning to make room for whites who wanted to smoke. He was placed in an ostensibly white car which he characterized as "filthy" and the "nastiest...() had ever ridden in."〔 In 1950 the Illinois Central rescheduled the ''Seminole'' to depart Chicago at 4:00 PM. This put the southbound train in Birmingham at 8:30 AM and Jacksonville at 9:00 PM. On June 3, 1969, the Illinois Central truncated the ''Seminole'' from Jacksonville to Carbondale and renamed it the ''Shawnee''. The ''Shawnee'' would be one of the few Illinois Central trains retained by Amtrak in 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seminole (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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