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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SilverStar092: [QB] In January 1973 I transferred closer to home, Florida State University in Tallahassee. Unfortunately the Gulf Wind was axed 2 years earlier but I did manage a few train trips as the Floridian stopped 25 miles away in Thomasville, GA. On a couple occasions I rode it home to or from Miami in a roomette as it was an overnight trip at that time. I also made a one day round trip with a friend from Thomasville to Montgomery, AL and on another weekend rode overnight from Thomasville to Sebring, FL in former Denver Zephyr flat end dome observation car "Silver Veranda" then took the Silver Meteor to Ocala and a bus back to Tallahassee. The train also figured into a couple of sports events: two friends and I took the Floridian from Thomasville to Jacksonville and back to attend an afternoon basketball game between Florida State and Jacksonville University (the Floridian schedule was "flipped" at that time, 2 days + 1 night Chicago to FL rather than 2 nights + 1 day). And on another trip, a friend and I drove to Tampa to visit Busch Gardens then I took the Floridian from Clearwater to Winter Park so I could see FSU vs. Texas Tech in the 1977 Tangerine Bowl. Finally we got Amtrak here then just before my son started FSU, Amtrak pulled the plug with its "suspension" of the Sunset Limited. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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