The Budd Company delivered the original equipment set for the Henry M. Flagler in November 1939.
The consist matched three sets delivered for the new Champion.
Each equipment set consisted of a baggage-dormitory-coach, four coaches, a dining car, and a tavern-lounge-observation car.

Originally a coach-only train, the Dixie Flagler later received sleeping cars.
In 1950 the train departed Chicago with six sleeping cars, five for Miami and one for Jacksonville.
These cars had the following configuration:
3 compartments, 1 double bedroom, buffet-lounge
6 sections, 6 double bedrooms
8 sections, 2 compartments, 1 drawing room
12 roomettes, 2 single bedrooms, 3 double bedrooms
6 compartments, 3 double bedrooms
8 sections, 2 compartments, 1 double bedroom
The train carried a full dining car for the entire trip: a C&EI dining car operated between Chicago and Jacksonville, after which an FEC dining car replaced it.
The FEC's tavern-lounge-observation car made the entire trip.
The Budd Company delivered the original equipment set for the Henry M. Flagler in November 1939. The consist matched three sets delivered for the new Champion. Each equipment set consisted of a baggage-dormitory-coach, four coaches, a dining car, and a tavern-lounge-observation car.
Originally a coach-only train, the Dixie Flagler later received sleeping cars. In 1950 the train departed Chicago with six sleeping cars, five for Miami and one for Jacksonville. These cars had the following configuration:
3 compartments, 1 double bedroom, buffet-lounge
6 sections, 6 double bedrooms
8 sections, 2 compartments, 1 drawing room
12 roomettes, 2 single bedrooms, 3 double bedrooms
6 compartments, 3 double bedrooms
8 sections, 2 compartments, 1 double bedroom
The train carried a full dining car for the entire trip: a C&EI dining car operated between Chicago and Jacksonville, after which an FEC dining car replaced it. The FEC's tavern-lounge-observation car made the entire trip.
Dixie Flagler