Time:
A - A.M.
D - Train stops only to discharge passengers
F - Conditional (Flag) stop
M - Meal stop
N - Not a passenger stop
P - P.M.
R - Train stops only to receive passengers
Services:
A - Auto loading/unloading facilities (as freight)
B - Checked baggage is handled
C - Coupon station (Ticket office)
M - Food service available
P - Telephone station
R - Rental cars available
T - Telegraph station
X - Checked baggage NOT handled
| 99 | Train Number | 98 | ||||
| See Note | Miles | (Chicago & Eastern Illinois) | Services | See Note | ||
| 8 40A | Dp | 0.0 | Chicago, IL (Dearborn Sta.) (CT) | T C R | Ar | 9 55P |
| 8 52A | 6.6 | Englewood, IL (63rd St.) | T C | 9 40P | ||
| 10 40A | Ar | 123.2 | Danville, IL | T C R | Dp | 7 50P |
| 10 42A | Dp | Ar | 7 48P | |||
| 11 45A | 177.5 | Terre Haute, IN | T C R | 6 47P | ||
| F12 39P | 234.7 | Vincennes, IN | T C R | F 5 49P | ||
| 1 53P | Ar | 287.3 | Evansville, IN | T C R | Dp | 4 42P |
| 11 | Continuing Train Number (Louisville & Nashville) | 12 | ||||
| 1 58P | Dp | 287 | Evansville, IN | T C | Ar | 4 37P |
| 5 03P | Ar | 446 | Nashville, TN | T C | Dp | 1 32P |
| (Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis) | ||||||
| 5 08P | Dp | 446.3 | Nashville, TN | T C A | Ar | 1 27P |
| F 6 23P | 515.7 | Tullahoma, TN (Camp Forrest) | T C | F12 03P | ||
| 8 15P | Ar | 598.0 | Chattanooga, TN (Union Station) | T C A | Dp | 10 20A |
| 8 20P | Dp | Ar | 10 15A | |||
| 11 18P | Ar | 734.6 | Atlanta, GA (Union Station) | T C A | Dp | 7 17A |
| (Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast) | ||||||
| 11 23P | Dp | 734.6 | Atlanta, GA (Union Station) | T C | Ar | 7 12A |
| 1 21A | 812.8 | Manchester, GA (CT) | T C | 5 17A | ||
| F 4 30A | 905.9 | Cordele, GA (ET) | T C | F 4 03A | ||
| 5 24A | 942.8 | Fitzgerald, GA | T C | 3 15A | ||
| F 6 00A | 971.5 | Douglas, GA | T C | F 2 33A | ||
| 6 57A | Ar | 1013.9 | Waycross, GA (Union Station) | T C | Dp | 1 38A |
| 3 | Continuing Train Number (Atlantic Coast Line) | 4 | ||||
| 7 05A | Dp | 1013.9 | Waycross, GA (Union Station) | T C A | Ar | 1 30A |
| 8 30A | Ar | 1089.1 | Jacksonville, FL | T C A M | Dp | 12 05A |
| 89 | Connecting Train Number (Atlantic Coast Line) | 92 | ||||
| 8 45A | Dp | 0.0 | Jacksonville, FL (ET) | Ar | 8 30P | |
| 11 35A | 106.6 | DeLand, FL | 6 18P | |||
| 12 12P | 124.4 | Sanford, FL | 5 55P | |||
| 1 03P | 146.6 | Orlando, FL | 5 13P | |||
| 2 33P | 207.3 | Lakeland, FL | 4 11P | |||
| 3 30P | Ar | 239.0 | Tampa, FL (ET) | Dp | 3 30P | |
| 39 | Connecting Train Number (Atlantic Coast Line) | 40 | ||||
| 8 35A | Dp | 0.0 | Jacksonville, FL (ET) | Ar | 8 20P | |
| 3 24P | 257.2 | Clearwater, FL | 1 14P | |||
| 4 00P | Ar | 275.0 | St. Petersburg, FL (ET) | Dp | 12 40P | |
| 3 | Continuing Train Number (Florida East Coast) | 4 | ||||
| 8 40A | Dp | 1089 | Jacksonville, FL | T C A | Ar | 11 55P |
| 9 15A | 1126 | St. Augustine, FL | T C A | 11 10P | ||
| F 9 38A | 1176 | Bunnell, FL | T C A | F10 40P | ||
| 10 02A | 1199 | Daytona Beach, FL | T C A | 10 18P | ||
| 10 25A | 1214 | New Smyrna Beach, FL | T C A | 10 01P | ||
| 10 54A | 1243 | Titusville, FL | T C | 9 22P | ||
| 11 11A | 1263 | Cocoa-Rockledge, FL | T C A | 9 02P | ||
| 11 30A | 1283 | Melbourne, FL | T C A | 8 42P | ||
| 12 02P | 1317 | Vero Beach, FL | T C A | 8 13P | ||
| 12 21P | 1331 | Fort Pierce, FL | T C A | 7 59P | ||
| 12 41P | 1350 | Stuart, FL | T C A | 7 32P | ||
| F12 54P | 1364 | Hobe Sound, FL | C | F 7 16P | ||
| 1 21P | 1388 | West Palm Beach, FL | T C A | 6 52P | ||
| 1 33P | 1395 | Lake Worth, FL | T C A | 6 37P | ||
| 1 45P | 1406 | Delray Beach, FL | T C A | 6 25P | ||
| F 1 54P | 1414 | Boca Raton, FL | C A | F 6 15P | ||
| F 2 01P | 1422 | Pompano, FL | T C A | F 6 07P | ||
| 2 12P | 1430 | Fort Lauderdale, FL (Port Everglade) | T C A | 5 58P | ||
| 2 24P | 1437 | Hollywood, FL | C A | 5 47P | ||
| 2 50P | Ar | 1455 | Miami, FL (ET) | T C A | Dp | 5 25P |
Observation-Tavern Lounge Car...Between Chicago and Miami.
De Luxe Reclining Seat Coaches...Between Chicago and Miami—254 Seats.
Dining Car...Between Chicago and Miami.
Coaches...(Individual Reclining Seats.) (All seats numbered and must be reserved in advance.)
Tavern-Lounge-Observation Car. (Radio.)
Dining Car...Low priced meals. (Breakfast 50 cents—Luncheon or Dinner 60 cents.)
Maid ServiceObservation-Tavern-Lounge Car (Radio) and De Luxe Chair Cars (Reclining Seats)—Chicago-Miami.
Dining Car...Chicago-Miami - Breakfast 50c, Luncheon 60c, Dinner 60c.
All seats reserved in advance. Connecting coaches at Jacksonville for St. Petersburg and Tampa.Tavern-Observation Lounge...Chicago-Miami
Chair Cars...[DF-1] Chicago-Miami—(22 Seats).
[DF-2] Chicago-Miami—(60 Seats).
[DF-3] Chicago-Miami—(52 Seats).
[DF-4] Chicago-Miami—(60 Seats).
[DF-5] Chicago-Miami—(60 Seats).
Dining Car...Chicago-Miami.
Tavern-Observation Lounge...Miami-Chicago
Chair Cars...[DF-1] Miami-Chicago—(22 Seats).
[DF-2] Miami-Chicago—(60 Seats).
[DF-3] Miami-Chicago—(52 Seats).
[DF-4] Miami-Chicago—(60 Seats).
[DF-5] Miami-Chicago—(60 Seats).
Dining Car...Miami-Chicago.
All seats on the Dixie Flagler must be reserved and assigned in advance.
The Dixie Flagler was the oldest of the Chicago-Florida trio by a year, having been built by Budd for Florida East Coast in 1939 as the Henry M. Flagler, a regional Jacksonville-Miami streamliner. Renamed the Dixieland, it would also be the first of the three to be discontinued, in late 1957. It began operation on its new Chicago-Miami routing on December 17, 1940. Although initially planned as a winter-only venture, public response was so strong that, along with its sister trains, it had been put on a year-round schedule by the following summer.
This train's routing was at the same time the most direct (1455 miles) and yet most complex of the trio—no fewer than six different railroads combined to handle the train between Chicago and Miami. However, to be fair, it must be noted that the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast was controlled by (and later merged into) Atlantic Coast Line while the N. C. & St. L. was an affiliate of L. & N. To complicate matters even more, A. C. L. owned (but did not exercise) a controlling interest in the L. & N. Streamliner era railroading was perhaps a bit more complex than might appear at first glance.