The Champion was a direct competitior to a passenger train operated by Amtrack, and was introduced by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in what year?
Champion (train) The Champion was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Florida East Coast Railway between New York City and Miami or St. Petersburg, Florida. It operated from 1939 until 1979, continuing under the Seaboard Coast Line and Amtrak. It was a direct competitor to the Seaboard Air Line Railway's "Silver Meteor", the first New York-Florida streamliner.
Lone Star (Amtrak train) The Lone Star was an Amtrak passenger train serving Chicago, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Houston and intermediate points. The train was renamed from the "Texas Chief", which the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had introduced in 1948. Amtrak discontinued the "Lone Star" in 1979.