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- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- October 9, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
E-60CP locomotive No. 975, late 1970s.
Black and white photograph showing a heads-on view of E-60CP locomotive No. 975. Photograph probably dates to the late 1970s, as the unit wears the Phase II paint scheme introduced in 1975.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- October 9, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
E-60CP locomotive No. 975, late 1970s.
Black and white photograph showing E-60CP locomotive No. 975 wearing the Phase II paint scheme introduced in 1975.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- October 9, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Northbound Montrealer at St. Albans, Vt.
Black and white photograph showing the Montrealer (Washington-Montreal) at St. Albans, Vermont. Based on the Phase II paint scheme found on the locomotive and cars, this photograph probably dates to the late 1970s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- February 1977
- Date Archived:
- September 30, 2013
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
Working on the underside of a Superliner, 1977.
Black and white photograph from the February 15, 1977 issue of Amtrak NEWS showing a welder working on the underside of a bi-level Superliner car.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- February 1977
- Date Archived:
- September 30, 2013
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
Superliner assembly at the Pullman Standard plant, 1977.
Black and white photograph from the February 15, 1977 issue of Amtrak NEWS.
- Type:
- Menu
- Date Created:
- November 1979
- Date Archived:
- September 25, 2013
- Decade:
- 1970s
Lunch menu with Superliner drawings, 1979.
Multi-color printed paper menu issued in November 1979; from the Ann Owens Collection. Hand drawings depict the activities aboard a Superliner coach, sleeping car and diner, which first went into service on the Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle) in October 1979. For lunch, passengers could chose from dishes such as a "Late Riser" breakfast, pan-fried sanddab in lemon butter and a soup and sandwich combo.
- Type:
- Poster
- Date Created:
- February 1977
- Date Archived:
- September 20, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Train of the Future" Turboliner poster, 1977.
Multicolor printed paper poster released in February 1977 to tout the new RTL Turboliners ordered for use in New York state.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- September 16, 2013
- Decade:
- 1970s
Passenger service representative waving, early 1970s.
Black and white photograph of passenger service representative Patty Saunders waving from the door of a rail car; dates to the early 1970s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Date Archived:
- September 16, 2013
- Decade:
- 1970s
Attendant in red jacket, 1977.
Color photograph taken in 1977 of Amtrak attendant Jeff Schueler standing outside a rail car, enjoying an ice-cream cone.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- June 1978
- Date Archived:
- September 6, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Red Caps at Philadelphia 30th Street station, 1978.
Black and white photograph from the June 1978 issue of Amtrak NEWS.
