The last car of the
City of Miami
train was the Bamboo Grove, car
number 3300. This car was retired in 1969 (1971 in other records).
Originally sold to a railroad museum in New Orleans, it was later resold
to a Tampa, Florida real estate man, Bill Savage. Upon his death, it sat
on land in Florida where it had been stored. It turned up when a con-
dominium complex was being built on the land where it was stored,
specifically the Wellington Station Condominium complex in Ormond
Beach, Florida.
Identification was made in 2008 by the plate in the car “IC
3300” attached to the inside of the door on the front end,
by Kathy Kopacz, then vice-president of the condominium
association.
It can be found in Google Earth using the co-ordinates of:
29°15’47.14”N 81° 4’42.74”W. The club house at this location
Bamboo Grove
24: The I.D. plate still in place on the door.
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has two cars attached as part of the building. The second car is
a Southern Railroad coach.
After some effort, I made contact with Kathy Kopacz. She and
George Adams worked together to allow me access to the inte-
rior of the Bamboo Grove upon my visit to the condominium in
Sept 2011.
As you enter the condominium complex, you are greeted
by the Bamboo Grove, running parallel to the driveway. The
exterior has been repainted back into the original 1940 color
scheme, with the exception of the herald plate on the tail end.
This was done as part of the restoration work to repair damage
done by the 2004 hurricanes. The condo association took the
time and effort to repaint using real railroad paints, matching
the colors to the original colors as closely as possible.
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MRH-Aug 2013
