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[quote user="Deggesty"] Yes, Balt, when the Silver Meteor was inaugurated, in February of 1939, the SAL had only one set of equipment, so it was an every third day operation, north-south--and every other strip south went to St. Petersburg (and think of the sailings of the original Cities to the West Coast). In December of the same year, it became daily to/from Miami, and every third day to/from St. Pete. A year later, daily service to/from St. Pete began, complete with a square-end observation car that ran all the way. [/quote] What is the source of your information regarding how the Meteor went from an every third day operation when it began service in February 1939 to daily by the end of December 1939? It appears that the SAL began the service before all the equipment was delivered even though an order for three trains sets was in the pipeline. What's interesting is that Amtrak apparently needs four sets of equipment to cover the service.
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