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- Silver_Comet_(train) abstract "The Silver Comet was a streamlined passenger train inaugurated on May 18, 1947, by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (Seaboard Coast Line after merger with the Atlantic Coast Line on July 1, 1967). Before its inaugural run, the new train was christened by actress Jean Parker at Pennsylvania Station in New York City.Daily service extended from New York via Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama. From New York to Washington, the train was handled by the Pennsylvania Railroad; from Washington to Richmond, by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; and by Seaboard from Richmond to points south. Under its original schedule, the trip took 23 hours at an average speed of 48 miles per hour.The consist of the Silver Comet included baggage cars, coaches, Pullman sleepers, and a dining car between New York and Birmingham, along with through coaches and Pullmans to or from Portsmouth, Virginia, connecting at Hamlet, North Carolina. A 48-seat observation car brought up the rear of the train.Owing to declining passenger and mail revenues, the Silver Comet was discontinued in stages in 1969: the last trip between Atlanta and Birmingham was made on January 18; between Washington and Richmond, May 7; and between Richmond and Atlanta, October 14. The last through sleeper had run on December 31, 1968.Following abandonment of the Atlanta to Birmingham segment of the Silver Comet right-of-way by SAL-SCL successor CSX in 1989, portions were converted to the Silver Comet Trail in Georgia and the Chief Ladiga Trail in Alabama.".
- Silver_Comet_(train) thumbnail Seaboard_Air_Line_RR_main_lines_1950.gif?width=300.
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- Silver_Comet_(train) wikiPageExternalLink PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf.
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- Silver_Comet_(train) wikiPageID "17586466".
- Silver_Comet_(train) wikiPageRevisionID "546925226".
- Silver_Comet_(train) baggage Passenger_car_(rail).
- Silver_Comet_(train) boxWidth "30".
- Silver_Comet_(train) catering Dining_car.
- Silver_Comet_(train) end Alabama.
- Silver_Comet_(train) end Birmingham,_Alabama.
- Silver_Comet_(train) first "1947-05-18".
- Silver_Comet_(train) formeroperator Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) formeroperator Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) hasPhotoCollection Silver_Comet_(train).
- Silver_Comet_(train) last "1969-10-14".
- Silver_Comet_(train) locale Eastern_United_States.
- Silver_Comet_(train) mapState "collapsed".
- Silver_Comet_(train) name "Silver Comet".
- Silver_Comet_(train) observation Observation_car.
- Silver_Comet_(train) owners Pennsylvania_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) owners Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) owners Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) seating Passenger_car_(rail).
- Silver_Comet_(train) sleeping Pullman_(car_or_coach).
- Silver_Comet_(train) start New_York.
- Silver_Comet_(train) start New_York_City.
- Silver_Comet_(train) status Fallen_flag.
- Silver_Comet_(train) trainnumber "Southbound, 197-33 ; Northbound, 34-196".
- Silver_Comet_(train) type Inter-city_rail.
- Silver_Comet_(train) subject Category:Named_passenger_trains_of_the_United_States.
- Silver_Comet_(train) subject Category:Night_trains_of_the_United_States.
- Silver_Comet_(train) subject Category:Passenger_trains_of_the_Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) subject Category:Railway_services_introduced_in_1947.
- Silver_Comet_(train) subject Category:Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type Artifact100021939.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type Conveyance103100490.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type Instrumentality103575240.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type NamedPassengerTrainsOfTheUnitedStates.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type NightTrainsOfTheUnitedStates.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type Object100002684.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type PassengerTrain103896233.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type PublicTransport104019101.
- Silver_Comet_(train) type Train104468005.
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- Silver_Comet_(train) comment "The Silver Comet was a streamlined passenger train inaugurated on May 18, 1947, by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (Seaboard Coast Line after merger with the Atlantic Coast Line on July 1, 1967). Before its inaugural run, the new train was christened by actress Jean Parker at Pennsylvania Station in New York City.Daily service extended from New York via Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama.".
- Silver_Comet_(train) label "Silver Comet (train)".
- Silver_Comet_(train) sameAs m.0465n58.
- Silver_Comet_(train) sameAs Q7515924.
- Silver_Comet_(train) sameAs Q7515924.
- Silver_Comet_(train) sameAs Silver_Comet_(train).
- Silver_Comet_(train) wasDerivedFrom Silver_Comet_(train)?oldid=546925226.
- Silver_Comet_(train) depiction Seaboard_Air_Line_RR_main_lines_1950.gif.
- Silver_Comet_(train) homepage Silver%20Comet.
- Silver_Comet_(train) isPrimaryTopicOf Silver_Comet_(train).