Amtrak has a temporary route called "the Floridian." So instead of driving to South Florida, I took a 15-hour round-trip train ride.

Amtrak’s new ‘Floridian’ train service connects Chicago with Miami, offering great dining and wonderful views on the way to the Sunshine State — much better than an internal flight ...

Amtrak launched a new temporary route last fall called “the Floridian” — the name of a route that was discontinued in 1979. This version of the Floridian, it said, would travel from Chicago ...