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- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1972
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Spend a Week in Washington" advertisement, 1972.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created to promote travel to Washington, D.C., aboard the West Virginian/Potomac Turbo (Parkersburg, W.Va.-Washington).
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1972
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
"You Won't Need a Rest" advertisement, 1972.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created in 1972 to promote train travel on the Abraham Lincoln and Prairie State (St. Louis-Chicago-Milwaukee).
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1973
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Amtrak's Family Plan" advertisment, 1973.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created in 1973 to promote Amtrak Family plan discounts.
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- June 11, 1972
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Chief is Back" advertisement, 1972.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created to announce the addition of the Amtrak Chief (Chicago-Los Angeles) to the national schedule for summer 1972.
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- November 14, 1971
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Amtrak Gives Chicago Better Train Service" advertisment, 1971.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created to announce schedule changes for the national timetable issued on November 14, 1971.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- March 11, 2015
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1980s
Beech Grove shop floor, 1980s.
Color film slide showing employees on the floor at the Beech Grove, Ind., heavy maintenance facility; image dates to the late 1970s or early 1980s.
- Type:
- Ticket
- Date Created:
- October 27, 1989
- Date Archived:
- March 6, 2015
- Geography:
- South
- Decade:
- 1980s
Gulf Breeze inaugural ticket, 1989.
Printed paper ticket distributed for the inaugural run of the Gulf Breeze (New York-Birmingham-Mobile) on October 27, 1989.
- Type:
- Newsletter
- Date Created:
- February 15, 1977
- Date Archived:
- March 6, 2015
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak NEWS, February 15, 1977.
Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 3 (February 15, 1977): 8. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
Amtrak NEWS was a bi-monthly newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on the lease of two LRC trainsets; service improvements to the Adirondack (New York-Montreal); and progress on the Superliner program.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Archived:
- February 25, 2015
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1990s
NortheastDirect Custom/Club Class service brochure, 1990s.
Full color brochure describing classes aboard NortheastDirect (Washington-Boston) trains; dates to the late 1990s. Custom Class passengers enjoyed 2x2 seating with more legroom, complimentary non-alcoholic drinks and newspapers. Club Class passengers were offered spacious 2x1 seating, access to Railfone, at-seat food and beverage service and admission to Metropolitan Lounges at major stations. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Flyer
- Date Archived:
- February 25, 2015
- Geography:
- South
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Sharpshooter" fares flyer, 1970s.
Two-color printed paper flyer promoting discount round-trip coach fares between New York and Montreal or Kissimmee, Fla.; flyer likely dates to the late 1970s.
