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Coast Starlight/Daylight postcard, early 1970s.

Color paper postcard featuring the Coast Starlight/Daylight (Seattle-San Francisco/Oakland -Los Angeles) gliding alongside a body of water. This card is one of a set produced by Amtrak with various images of trains and interiors.

Employee working with ARTS, late 1970s.

Black and white photograph from the 1979 Amtrak Annual Report (p6).

Amtrak President and CEO Alan S. Boyd, late 1970s.

Black and white photograph from the 1979 Amtrak Annual Report (p1). Alan Stephenson Boyd served as Amtrak President and CEO from 1978 until 1982.

Amtrak NEWS , November 1979.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 6, No. 12 (November 1979): 12. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a monthly newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on the introduction of Superliner cars to the Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle) and the inauguration of the Desert Wind (Los Angeles-Las Vegas-Salt Lake City-Ogden).

Ticket jacket with Amtrak logo pattern, 1982.

Multi-color paper ticket jacket issued in March 1982; from the Ann Owens Collection. The front cover depicts an interlocking pattern made up of the first Amtrak logo. Ticket jackets traditionally feature information about refunds, payment methods and sales promotions. This jacket also includes a panel promoting Amtrak-branded "wearables," such as sports caps and satin jackets.

Cape Codder poster.

Multi-color printed paper poster created to highlight the Cape Codder (New York-Hyannis); dates to the late 1980s or early 1990s. The work features a lighthouse set against a backdrop of dramatic clouds. "Cape Cod takes you away from it all. Why not let Amtrak do the same?"

Ticket jacket with locomotive, 1988.

Multi-color paper ticket jacket issued in June 1988; from the Ann Owens Collection. The front cover depicts a stylized F40PH locomotive in the Phase III livery introduced in 1979. Ticket jackets traditionally feature information about refunds, payment methods and sales promotions. This jacket also includes a panel promoting Amtrak-branded gifts, such as bags and luggage tags.

"New New Carrollton station" brochure, 1983.

Multi-color printed paper brochure issued in fall 1983 to promote Amtrak's October 30th move from the Capital Beltway station to the New Carrollton, Md. facility served by Washington metropolitan area subway trains and buses. From the Ann Owens Collection. Penn Central's Capital Beltway station opened in 1969 as a suburban stop for the high-speed Metroliner Service. Amtrak and MARC commuter trains moved to New Carrollton for the modern amenities and intermodal connections.

Broadway Limited "Sovereign Service" flyer, 1980s.

Multi-color printed paper flyer likely produced in the early 1980s to promote improvements to the Broadway Limited (Washington/New York-Chicago). From the Ann Owens Collection. In 1980, the train gained new Amfleet II coaches to replace older equipment inherited from the predecessor railroads. The Amtrak Broadway Limited was discontinued in 1995.

Empire Builder menu, 2001.

Multi-color printed paper menu issued in April 2001 for use on the Empire Builder (Chicago-Portland/Seattle). From the Ann Owens Collection. A painting by artist J. Craig Thorpe, "Wilderness Threshold," graces the cover and depicts the train at the East Glacier, Mont. station. Menu items cover breakfast, lunch and dinner; in a nod to the region through which the train travels, entrees bear names such as "Snohomish Valley Baked Chicken" and the "Montana Grilled Porterhouse."