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New Horizon Coach Cars.

The Horizon coach cars were based on a commuter car design.

Prototype Viewliner Sleeping car, 1988.

Color photograph taken in 1988 showing the Viewliner prototype Sleeping car No. 2300 in Washington, D.C.

Prototype Viewliner Bedroom, 1980s.

Color photograph showing a Bedroom made up for the evening in one of the prototype Viewliner Sleeping cars; image probably dates to the late 1980s.

Dining car crew on the Southwest Chief, 1985.

Color photo showing the dining car crew of the Southwest Chief (Chicago-Los Angeles) in 1985.

Reservation Center in Bensalem, Penn.

Mainframe computing made it possible to centralize the reservation system

Engineer on an F40, 1980s.

Black and white photograph showing an engineer on an F40 locomotive looking ahead intently. Image likely dates to the 1980s.

Self Serve Ticketing kiosk, late 1980s.

Color photograph of a passenger using the new Self ServeTicketing kiosk at New York Penn Station, c. late 1980s.

Train dispatcher using CETC, 1988.

Color photograph showing a train dispatcher at the Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control (CETC) center at Philadelphia 30th Street Station; image dates to February 1988.

Preparing train orders, 1986.

Color photograph showing Operator Jack Robertson preparing train orders; image dates to 1986.

The Restored Union Station Main Hall

Redevelopment brought bustling life to the restored Main Hall of Washington's Union Station.