A Tribute to the Orange Blossom Special

The luxury passenger train inspired one of country music’s famous fiddle anthems.

A 1939 postcard of the Seaboard railway train Orange Blossom Special, which traveled between New York and Miami. Public Domain

Writer E.M. Frimbo, nicknamed “The World’s Greatest Railroad Buff,” is widely quoted as saying the historic Orange Blossom Special locomotive was “the most luxurious winter-season train ever devised by man.”

The luxury passenger train was a top-of-the-line carrier that began running in 1925, transporting vacationers from Northeastern states to destinations in tropical Florida.