Talk:Orange Blossom Special (train)

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Needs clean up for superflous material[edit]

Discussion about what information is relevant, what should or should not be included in an article, etc properly belongs on the talk page for the article - not within the article itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.51.185.103 (talk) 20:18, 28 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The text referred to above has been removed. Here is the original text that was inserted into the article: (The following discussion is superfluous because there is nothing in the 'Orange Blossom Special' lyrics which makes reference to a 'streamlined' train. Therefore, speculation as to whether the song's authors were inspired the actual 'Orange Blossom Special' with 'heavyweight' cars or some other deluxe train with 'lightweight'stainless steel cars is irrelevant to this entry. Who cares? Let's not create a controversy when none exits.) --Jaiotu (talk) 11:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No documentation for post-war return[edit]

Where is the documentation for the train's postwar return? A 1948 SAL timetable and the a 1949 copy of the 'Official Guide of the Railways' give no mention of the train. There is mention of the Cotton Blossom, which broke from the mainline at Hamlet, NC and went west to Alabama.Dogru144 (talk) 20:55, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Disposition of the replica[edit]

"In early 2012, a similar locomotive painted to resemble a locomotive of the time, and lettered Orange Blossom Special was moved in from its long-time display location at the Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida to the Gulf Coast Railway Museum in nearby Tampa. Plans are for a multi-year restoration to active status for eventual excursion service. " As far as I am aware, there is no "Gulf Coast Railway Museum" in Tampa or anywhere else. There is a Seminole Gulf Railway running short excursions in Fort Myers, and the Florida Railway Museum in Parrish. But I don't think either of those has the locomotive. I wonder what happened to it? ExpatSalopian (talk) 00:54, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Song authorship seems wrong.[edit]

To give the authorship to two people contradicts three different other Wikipedia pages.

The Orange Blossom Special song page addresses that there was a dispute about the authorship but firmly comes down on the side that Ervin T. Rouse was the sole author. Chubby merely popularized the song on the Grand Old Opry by playing it every week, and told some lies. The Rouse page does not mention Chubby. The Chubby page does not mention Orange Blossom Special.
--Doug Bashford 2607:FB91:1F0C:D656:E00C:F0FF:FEB5:A479 (talk) 22:34, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]