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Amtrak NEWS, February-March 1981.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 8, No. 2 (February-March 1981): 12. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for and by Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on employee input into Amtrak training programs for new and ongoing employees; high attendance at Family Days events in Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami, Fla.; and the establishment of the Amtrak corporate library.

Amtrak NEWS, January 1981.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 1981): 8. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for and by Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on riding on the City of New Orleans, renamed from the Panama Limited, starting Feb. 1, 1981; deployment of additional Superliners into revenue service; and the debut concert by Amtrak's "Big Band" in Philadelphia 30th Street Station.

Amtrak NEWS, December 1980.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 7, No. 10 (December 1980): 16. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for and by Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on employee awards; the people and activities at the Los Angeles Eighth Street maintenance yard; the departure of the last steam-heated equipment from Chicago, leaving the coach yard there all-electric; and the groundbreaking for a new station at New Carrollton, Md.

Amtrak NEWS, July 1980.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 7, No. 6 (July 1980): 16. Print. Includes black and white photographs and an Affirmative Action Newsletter. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on new Superliner equipment going into service on the Desert Wind and San Francisco Zephyr, new converted to head end power conventional equipment being used on the Crescent; five studies being done for potential 403(b) service with state governments; and a description of the operation of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal.

Amtrak NEWS, June 1980.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 7, No. 5 (June 1980): 16. Print. Includes black and white photographs and a mail-in questionnaire. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on the first AEM-7 used in revenue service in May 1980; the inaugural run of the first SPV-2000s in May 1980 between New Haven and Springfield, Mass.; a Family Days event in New Orleans; and the beginning of daylight service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh by the new Pennsylvanian.

Amtrak NEWS, May 1980.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 7, No. 4 (May 1980): 12. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on Amtrak's new data center in Philadelphia; Amtrak's Passenger Service department becoming operational; and the "America's Getting Into Training" ad placed in Reader's Digest.

Amtrak NEWS, March-April 1980.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 7, No. 3 (March-April 1980): 12. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on 150 Amfleet-style cars configured for long-distance use ordered from the Budd Company and 17 additional AEM-7s ordered from the General Motors Electro-Motive Division; the identification of 13 major corridors; and Amtrak's efforts to accommodate travelers with disabilities.

Amtrak NEWS, February 1980.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 7, No. 2 (February 1980): 12. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Ed Von Nordeck Collection.

Amtrak NEWS was a newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on the appointment of 13 Passenger Service Managers; track improvements between Chicago and Indianapolis to reduce trip time by two hours; and a list of ways in which cities and states can work with Amtrak to create economic development opportunities and intermodal terminals.

Amtrak President W. Graham Claytor, Jr., 1980s.

Black and white portrait photograph of Amtrak President W. Graham Claytor, Jr.; dates to the early 1980s.

Atlantic City Rail Terminal dedication booklet, 1989.

Multi-color printed paper booklet created for the dedication of the Atlantic City, N.J., Rail Terminal and the inauguration of Atlantic City Express service (Washington/New York/Philadelphia-Atlantic City) in May 1989. "The service represents the culmination of a five-year effort undertaken by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit to restore the Atlantic City rail line," Amtrak noted. Speakers included Atlantic City Mayor James Usry and U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg. From the Ann Owens Collection.