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- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1976
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Decade:
- 1970s
National Operations Center, 1970s.
Trains tracked by hand in pre-GPS days.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Created:
- April 26, 1977
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1970s
Transcontinental Steam Excursion train, 1977.
Color film slide showing the Amtrak Transcontinental Steam Excursion train as it heads up the West Coast over Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on April 26, 1977.
- Type:
- Magazine
- Date Created:
- May 13, 1974
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Railway Age Metroliner Service cover, 1974.
Cover of the May 13, 1974 issue of Railway Age featuring Amtrak Metroliner car No. 850 in a patriotic red, white and blue paint scheme.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- May 5, 1975
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Decade:
- 1970s
Southbound Silver Star, 1975.
The Silver Star outside the Broad Street Station in Richmond.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1974
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Geography:
- Northwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak display at Expo '74, 1974.
Black and white photograph depicting the Amtrak display at Expo '74, a world's fair held in Spokane, Wash.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- June 11, 1976
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Decade:
- 1970s
Reservation Center evolution.
Reservation systems move into the digital age. Montage dated June 11, 1976.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Decade:
- 1970s
New Amfleet cars with Car Attendant.
The first Amfleet I cars went into service in 1975.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Decade:
- 1970s
Second Amtrak Corporate Headquarters.
Black and white photograph showing Amtrak national headquarters; dates to the late 1970s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- May 1, 1971
- Date Archived:
- April 13, 2011
- Decade:
- 1970s
Unveiling the first Amtrak route map, 1971.
Black and white photograph showing the official Amtrak route map on May 1, 1971, the first day of Amtrak operations.
