The Orange Blossom Special was a real train. From the 1930s to the 1960s, it made regular runs from New York to Miami, traveling through Polk County on its way.

– Extracted lyrics from "Orange Blossom Special" written by Ervin T. Rouse (1917–1981) in 1938. It has been called the great train race. In 1926 and 1927, two rival railroads reached Naples 11 ...

CSX Corp. is consolidating two northbound freight trains, including the Orange Blossom Special, which hauls fresh citrus and other produce from Florida to the Northeast.Company officials squelched ...

When you hear the phrase "Orange Blossom Special," you probably won't think of the train first. You'll remember the song, with its lively and upbeat tempo. Every great song has a story, however ...

The luxury winter train that whisked wealthy 1920s New Yorkers to the Florida sun A century after the Orange Blossom Special first spanned the eastern US, we look back at ‘the most luxurious ...

The Orange Blossom Special became popularized when Ervin T. Rouse wrote a song with the same name in 1938. Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe recorded it and made it a hit, as did Johnny Cash.

One of the greatest celebrations in railroad history happened Jan. 7, 1927, when the long-awaited Orange Blossom Special first arrived in Fort Myers, headed to Naples. Historian Gregg Turner ...

On July 3, 1981, Ervin Rouse, composer of “Orange Blossom Special,” the “unofficial anthem of bluegrass,” died. Plagued by alcoholism and mental illness, he was living on the edge of the ...

The Orange Blossom Special, ironically, never returned to Naples. Florida's land boom was already heading for a bust as the first trains arrived in Southwest Florida. Then came the stock market ...