3Cs Model Railroad Passenger Trains
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3Cs Passenger Trains
In the late 1950s, Johnson City’s Union Station witnessed a parade of passenger trains on the CC&C, Southern, and the ET&WNC. In the 2000s, Amtrak still ran several trains a day including the AutoTrain. Below are the Johnson City Union Station Train Bulletins from several eras which provide the operational basis for my n-scale layout.
The1950s/60s portrays two passenger partnerships at Union Station:
- Southern, Norfolk & Western, Pennsylvania, Cotton Belt
- CC&C, Chesapeake & Ohio, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Baltimore & Ohio, and Florida East Coast
The Primary daily trains included:
- CC&C/ACL/FEC: Paradise Breeze: Chicago to Miami
- CC&C/C&O/ACL/FEC: Florida Breeze: Chicago/Detroit to Miami
- CC&C/B&O/ACL/FEC Florida Limited: Kansas City/St. Louis to Miami
- CC&C/SAL Atlanta Local: Kingsport to Atlanta
- CC&C Cincinnati Local: Johnson City to Cincinnati
- Southern’s Birmingham Special: Birmingham to New York City
- Southern’s Pelican: New Orleans to New York City
- Southern’s Texan Tennessean: Dallas/Memphis to New York City
- Southern’s Music City Express: Washington to Nashville
- Southern’s Atlanta Local: Bristol to Atlanta
1950s/1960s Johnson City Union Station Train Bulletin
Easy connections included:
- New York City/Washington to Nashville/St. Louis (Birmingham Special and Music City Express)
- From Bristol to Florida (Southern Local to Florida Breeze)
- From Bristol to Cincinnati (Southern Local to CC&C Local)
Train | No. | City | Arrival | Train | No. | Departure |
Southern Birmingham Special | From: New York City, Washington, Roanoke, Bristol To: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Birmingham | 135AM | 1:40AM | |||
Southern Birmingham Special | From: Birmingham, Chattanooga, Knoxville To: Bristol, Roanoke, Washington, New York | 149AM | 1:54AM | |||
Southern Music City Express | From: Washington, Roanoke, Bristol To: Knoxville, Nashville, St. Louis | 4:55AM | 5:00 AM | |||
CC&C/SAL Local | From: Kingsport To: Spartanburg, Athens, Atlanta | 6:40 AM | 6:45 AM | |||
Southern Local | From: Bristol To: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta | 6:50AM | 6:55AM | |||
CC&C/C&O/ACL/FEC Florida Breeze | From: Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, Ashland To: Spartanburg, Jacksonville, Miami | 7:05AM | 7:10AM | |||
CC&C Local | To: Kingsport, Ashland, Cincinnati | 8:30AM | ||||
Southern Texan Tennessean | From: Dallas, Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville To: Roanoke, Washington, New York | 9:14AM | 9:19AM | |||
CC&C/B&O/ACL/FEC Florida Limited | From: St. Louis, Cincinnati, Ashland To: Spartanburg, Jacksonville, Miami | 9:55AM | 10:00AM | |||
Southern Pelican | From: New York City, Washington, Roanoke, Bristol To: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, New Orleans | 11:00AM | 11:05AM | |||
CC&C/C&O/ACL/FEC Florida Breeze | From: Miami, Jacksonville, Spartanburg To: Kingsport, Ashland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Chicago | 11:40AM | 1145AM | |||
CC&C/ACL/FEC Paradise Breeze | From: Chicago, Cincinnati, Ashland To: Spartanburg, Jacksonville, Miami | 1:55PM | 2:00PM | |||
CC&C/B&O/ACL/FEC Florida Limited | From: Miami, Jacksonville, Spartanburg To: Ashland, Cincinnati, St. Louis | 4:10PM | 4:15PM | |||
CC&C/ACL/FEC Paradise Breeze | From: Miami, Jacksonville, Spartanburg To: Ashland, Cincinnati, Chicago | 4:40PM | 4:45PM | |||
CC&C Local | From Cincinnati | 6:00PM | ||||
Southern Texan Tennessean | From: New York, Washington, Roanoke Bristol To: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Dallas | 6:10PM | 6:15PM | |||
Southern Pelican | From: New Orleans, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Knoxville To: Roanoke, Washington DC, New York | 6:25PM | 6:30PM | |||
Southern Music City Express | From: St. Louis, Nashville, Knoxville To: Roanoke, Washington, New York | 9:55PM | 10:00PM | |||
Southern Local | From: Atlanta, Chattanooga, Knoxville To: Bristol | 11:20PM | 11:25PM | |||
CC&C/SAL Local | From: Atlanta, Athens, Spartanburg To: Kingsport | 11:45PM | 11:50PM |
For More Information – Sources and Resources
The following are wonderful resources for those interested in Appalachian Railroads. They also serve as sources of information for Appalachian-Railroads.org
- Association/Archives: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society
- Association/Archives: Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society
- Association/Archives: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society
- Association/Archives: Norfolk & Western Historical Society
- Association/Archives: Southern Railway Historical Association
- Archives of Appalachia: ETSU, Johnson City TN
- Book: Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads
- Book: Flanary, Lindsey & Oroszi: The Southern Railway
- Book: Goforth: ‘Building the Clinchfield’ and ‘When Steam Ran the Clinchfield’
- Book: Graybeal: ‘The Railroads of Johnson City’
- Book: Irwin & Stahl: ‘The Last Empire Builder: The Life of George L. Carter’
- Book: King: ‘Clinchfield Country’
- Book: Marsh: ‘Clinchfield in Color’
- Book: Poole: ‘A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina’
- Book: Poteat & Taylor: ‘The CSX Clinchfield Route in the 21st Century’
- Book: Stevens & Peoples: ‘The Clinchfield No. 1 – Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine’
- Book: Way: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad, the Story of a Trade Route Across the Blue Ridge Mountains’
- Book: Wolfe: Southern Railway Appalachia Division
- Magazine: ‘Trains‘
- Magazine: ‘Classic Trains‘
- Website: Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
- Website: HawkinsRails.net
- Website: StateOfFranklin.net which hosts Johnson’s Depot
- Website: RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City and for Erwin
- Website: SteamLocomotive.com
- Website: WvncRails.org – North Carolina and West Virginia Railroads
- Video: Ken Marsh on Kingsport area railroads and region’s history Video #1
- Video: Ken Marsh on railroads and region’s history Video #2:
- Article: Flanary: ‘The Quick Service Route, The Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Articles: ‘Johnson City Comet‘
- Article: Scientific American: ‘The Costliest Railroad in America‘
- Personal Maps & Memorabilia: Documents, maps and track charts
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