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Inaugural newspaper clipping, 1971.

Clipping from a Luddington, Mich. newspaper, May 1, 1971.

Engine No. 4316 with new paint scheme.

Engine No. 4316 with new Amtrak paint scheme, 1970s.

Prairie State with Heritage equipment, 1972.

Color photograph showing the Prairie State (Milwaukee-Chicago-St. Louis) departing Chicago in April 1972.

TurboTrain on nationwide tour, 1971.

Black and white photograph showing the TurboTrain during its national tour; image dates to 1971.

Metroliner Service train, 1972.

Black and white photograph showing a Metroliner Service train crossing the Bush River in northeastern Maryland; dates to 1972.

Locomotive Engineer Robert MacDougald on the Silver Star.

SPDF40 locomotive engineer, Robert H. MacDougald, waiting at Richmond, Va., for permission to proceed south.

Concept drawing of a GE Diesel-Electric Engine.

1970s concept drawing of a GE diesel-electric engine.

Amtrak concept station, 1970s.

Ink drawing of a concept for a standard Amtrak depot developed in the 1970s.

Turboliners in Albany, N.Y., facility.

Turboliners maintained in the Albany-Rensselaer, N.Y., facility.