The Royal Palm

The Royal Palm was one of the earliest named passenger trains to serve the Midwest-Florida market. From the beginning the Southern provided top-notch service with the train and while it predominantly operated mostly over home rails, south of Jacksonville, Florida the Florida East Coast carried the Palm into Miami.

The earliest version of the train always carried run-through sleepers from the New York Central. However, to keep up with demand the Southern also started a seasonal, spinoff service known as the New Royal Palm.

However, to keep up with demand the Southern also started a seasonal version of the train known as the New Royal Palm. Despite being streamlined the seasonal train had a short lifespan and was discontinued after only a few years of service. The original train carried on within the Southern's fleet for many years although throughout the 1960s it was slowly truncated and saw services reduced. By the time the train was discontinued just a little over a year before Amtrak began it is essentially a coach-only affair

Despite being streamlined this train had a short lifespan and was discontinued after only a few years.  The original Royal Palm carried on within the Southern's fleet for many years.