New York–Miami Champion, publicity photo montage, 1939.
Atlantic Coast Line
4-8-4 1803 with New York–Miami Florida Special departing Richmond, Va., 1939.
Wiley M. Bryan
New York–Miami East Coast Champion being serviced at Florence, S.C., August 1957.
William D. Middleton
Washington–Jacksonville, Fla., Everglades departing Richmond, Va., 1951.
Bill Taub
New York–Miami Champion, interior of observation lounge, 1939.
Joe Welsh coll.
New York–Miami East Coast Champion at Broad Street Station, Richmond, Va., August 1957.
William D. Middleton
Two-page magazine ad for New York–Miami Champion, 1939.
Joe Welsh coll.
Atlanta–Jacksonville, Fla., local train 101, outskirts of Atlanta, October 1958.
David W. Salter
Heavyweight coach modernized at Emerson Shops in Rocky Mount, N.C., post-World War II.
Atlantic Coast Line
Labor washes windshield of E6 on Washington–Jacksonville Everglades at Florence, S.C., August 1957.
William D. Middleton
E6A-E6B-E7a diesels with Miami–New York Champion departing Jacksonville, Jan. 2, 1949.
James G. La Vake
Miami–New York Champion departing Jacksonville, Jan. 2, 1949; note PRR-owned car second from rear.
James G. La Vake
10-roomette/6-double-bedroom sleeping car Northampton County, built by Pullman Standard, 1949.
Classic Trains coll.
New York–Miami Havana Special departing Rocky Mount, N.C., August 1957; about to pass the E unit that will power the connecting train to Wilmington, N.C.
William D. Middleton
Painting by Leslie Ragan depicting original Budd-built Champion of 1939.
Classic Trains coll.
4-6-2 1530, assigned to New York–Savannah Palmetto Limited, at Richmond, Va., 1940s.
Wiley M. Bryan
St. Petersburg–New York Gulf Coast Special north of Lake City, S.C., Aug. 3, 1965.
David W. Salter
Miami–Chicago Dixie Flagler approaching Atlanta, late 1940s.
L. A. McLean
At left, E6 502 with train 42 for Rocky Mount via Gouldsboro to connect with Palmetto to New York; at right, E7 541 with train 55 for Atlanta via Florence, S.C., and Augusta, Ga.
Charles Wm. Holland
4-6-0 1032 with “Jim Crow” combine at Fairmont, S.C., ca. 1950.
Malcolm B. Connery
In November 2019, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Atlantic Coast Line. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in June 2019, as the perfect salute to the Atlantic Coast Line.
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Also the 1965 photo of the Gulf Coast Special (4th from last in series) also appears to be a freight train.
Your 4th image in this series, the ACL Everglades, shows a freight train with no passenger cars.
The Elrod, N.C. to Fairmont, N.C. branch was eleven miles and terminated at Fairmont, N.C. The 4/30/50 ACL Public TT does list a daily except Sunday Mixed for that branchline. The same timetable lists a Mixed (Ex. Sun.) for the Chadbourn, N.C. to Myrtle Beach, S.C. branch, 53 miles, Myrtle Beach’s only rail passenger service in 1950.
Correct spelling is “Goldsboro”.