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Nostalgia & History > Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami.Date: 03/17/18 21:03 Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami. Author: UP951West Years ago the CBS series "60 Minutes" interviewed the great entertainer Jackie Gleason . The CBS interviewer , I think was Morley Safer. Morley brought up about the time Gleason chartered a complete ATSF passenger train to take his show entourage from California to Miami.
My question is what route and which railroads did this special train take to Miami and what year ? THANKS ! Date: 03/17/18 21:23 Re: Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami. Author: Pullman I believe it was from New York City to Miami.
Date: 03/17/18 21:45 Re: Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami. Author: clem Never heard of this. But here's an article listing some cities: Phoenix, Colorado Springs, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and giving the destination as New York.
https://major-smolinski.com/NAMES/GLEASON.html Another article (might have been "borrowed" from a Trains article on Hollywood travel" named the New York to Miami junket "The Great Gleason Express II." Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/18 22:03 by clem. Date: 03/17/18 21:53 Re: Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami. Author: ts1457 Look at this thread from about 5 years ago:
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,3039697,3039706#msg-3039706 Date: 03/18/18 07:06 Re: Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami. Author: UP951West Many thanks for your responses to my question ! --UP 951 West
Date: 03/18/18 16:24 Re: Route of Jackie Gleason's special ATSF train to Miami. Author: MojaveBill Gleason liked trains...
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