Henry M. Flagler, Dixie Flagler & The Champion      ACL & FEC

On December 1, 1939, a joint Atlantic Coast Line and Florida East Coast lightweight Budd coach streamliner, The Champion, was placed in service between New York and Miami.  Powered by EMC E3 diesels, the stainless steel consist was an answer to the rival Seaboard Air Line's Silver Meteor.  Two day later, on December 3, 1939, the Florida East Coast placed the Henry M. Flagler  in service between Miami and Jacksonville, Florida with identical Budd-built equipment.  One year later the equipment for the Henry M. Flagler was reassigned to the Chicago to Miami “Dixie Flagler” to run every third day in conjunction with Illinois Central's City of Miami and the Pennsylvania's South Wind.  

We are please to offer the four Budd-built consists of seven cars each - the single FEC Henry M. Flagler  consist, FEC's consist for The Champion, and both the even and odd numbered ACL consists for The Champion.  These hand-crafted passenger sets will be available only factory finished, full interiors, operating full-width diaphragms and Kadee® couplers installed.  See your dealer to reserve yours now!

As a separate project, we are also taking reservations on the ACL and FEC E3 and E6 locomotives used on these trains.  Be sure to ask your dealer!
Product Code Description Prototype Usage Status

Retail
FECHF Florida East Coast - Henry M. Flagler/Dixie Flagler 
7-car set as built in 1939
 1 - Baggage-Chair Car “Stuart”
 3 - 60-seat Chair Cars “Hobe Sound” “Hollywood” “Melbourne”
 1 - 52-seat Chair Car with Stewardess Room “Delray Beach”
 1 - 48 seat Dining Car “Fort Lauderdale”
 1 - Lounge Observation Car “Lake Worth”  		 Dec 1939 - mid-1940s On Hold

TBD
           
  FECCHAMP Florida East Coast - "The Champion" - 7-car set
 1 - Baggage-Chair Car “New Smyrna”
 3 - 60-seat Chair Cars “Boca Raton” “Cocoa Rockledge” “Pompano”
 1 - 52-seat Chair Car with Stewardess Room “Vero Beach”
 1 - 48 seat Dining Car “Fort Pierce”
 1 - Lounge Observation Car "Bay Biscayne"		 Dec 1939 - mid-1940s On Hold

TBD
            
ACLCHAMPE Atlantic Coast Line "The Champion" - 7-car set - even numbers
 1 - Baggage-Chair Car No. 100
 3 - 60-seat Chair Cars Nos. 200, 202, 204
 1 - 52-seat Chair Car with Stewardess Room No. 206
 1 - 48 seat Dining Car “New York”
 1 - Lounge Observation Car No. 250		 Dec 1939 - mid-1940s On Hold

TBD
           
  ACLCHAMPO Atlantic Coast Line "The Champion" - 7-car set - odd numbers
 1 - Baggage-Chair Car No. 101
 3 - 60-seat Chair Cars Nos. 201, 203, 205 
 1 - 52-seat Chair Car with Stewardess Room No. 207
 1 - 48 seat Dining Car “Philadelphia”
 1 - Lounge Observation Car No. 251		 Dec 1939 - mid-1940s  On Hold

TBD

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