by frank754
Here's an old SAL timetable from December, 1952 which I scanned at one point recently, besides the schedule itself, these were the days when the Orange Blossom Special still ran, and a good deal is still mentioned of Cuba, which was still a big destination. My parents went there in those days, before I was born, and brought back some posters and souvenirs. Though I've been on Amtrak to Miami in much later years, the only trip for me back in the old days, unfortunately, was by plane in 1961, when we flew on a 4-engine propeller job on National. But the influence of Cuba (Desi Arnaz in the jazz days), and Florida "Come on down", and Jackie Gleason, Anita Bryant, etc., was a big pull, and the majority of my family (from NY) eventually ended up settling there in their old age. On the NY radio stations in the 60's though, too, I remember a lot of radio ads for the "Florida Special" (ACL).
http://viewoftheblue.com/photography/ti ... 121152.pdf
http://viewoftheblue.com/photography/ti ... 121152.pdf