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Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: June 1978
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, June 1978.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 5, No. 6 (June 1978): 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 a successful sale of surplus equipment, from obsolete upholstery fabric to retired passenger cars; the reasons that Philadelphia was the Northeast Corridor nominee for station of the year; and 10-year-old Peter Kreunen, who developed a selection of Amtrak luggage tags and buttons.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: March 1978
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, March 1978.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 5, No. 3 (March 1978): 8. 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 re-equipped Montrealer; a new building at the Chicago 16th Street maintenance yard for indoor fueling and watering of up to nine F40PH locomotives; operations during a recent blizzard in the Northeast; and the opening of a new Amtrak headquarters near Washington Union Station.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: January 15, 1978
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, January 15, 1978.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 5, No. 1 (January 15, 1978): 8. Print. Includes an illustration and 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 faster schedules for 27 trains; an order for eight electric locomotives to be built by the GM Electro Motive Division based on the ASEA Rc4a tested previously; and a detailed look back at major events during the previous year.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: December 20, 1977
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, December 20, 1977.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 23 (December 20, 1977): 8. Print. Includes a map and 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 reinstatement of service on multiple train routes that had been cut due to insufficient funding; opening of the Rensselaer, N.Y., maintenance facility; and reinstatement of sleeping cars, provision of lounge facilities and upgrades to the meal service on the Panama Limited.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: October 15, 1977
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, October 15, 1977.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 19 (October 15, 1977): 12. Print. Includes a map, a histogram and 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 President Paul Reistrup's testimony before Congress detailing the plans and funding needed to operate Amtrak; reroutings required due to poor track conditions in Indiana; and Amtrak's extensive new five year plan, which includes new long- and short-distance routes.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: October 1, 1977
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, October 1, 1977.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 18 (October 1, 1977): 8. 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 upgrading, refurbishing and improving Metroliner cars; automation of personnel record keeping; and the first offering for sale of Amtrak jackets, ties and scarfs.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: April 15, 1977
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, April 15, 1977.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 7 (April 15, 1977): 8. Print. Includes an illustration and 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 rebuttle of charges of unfair competition by Greyhound; the official start of work on the five-year $1.7 billion Northeast Corridor Improvement Project at Odenton, Md.; and the opening of the new on-board crew quarters in Chicago Union Station.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: March 15, 1977
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, March 15, 1977.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 5 (March 15, 1977): 8. 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 transcontinental steam excursion from Birmingham, Ala., to Portland, Ore.; repainting Amtrak GG-1 No. 4935 in Brunswick green with gold pinstriping; and Amtrak's special train from Washington to Mount Clare in Baltimore to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: March 1, 1977
Date Archived:: May 15, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, March 1, 1977.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 4 (March 1, 1977): 8. Print. Includes a table and 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 rejection of having its St. Louis stop at Union Station; Amtrak's creation of a vice president of Computer Systems Services position; and the authorization of $6.8 million to modernize the 12th Street car and 16th Street engine maintenance yards in Chicago.

Type:: Newsletter
Date Created:: December 1, 1976
Date Archived:: May 10, 2018
Geography:: National
Decade:: 1970s

Amtrak NEWS, December 1, 1976.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 3, No. 22 (December 1, 1976): 8. Print. Includes illustrations, a table and 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 order of 25 bi-level Sightseer lounge cars; the achievement of having three of four Amtrak short-distance passengers riding in new Amfleet or Turboliner equipment; and the development of standardized training programs for Amtrak on-board personnel.

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