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- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- September 6, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Onboard Service personnel, late 1980s.
Color photograph from Amtrak's Pride & Professionalism: Outfitting Your Future, a uniform guide published in the late 1980s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- March 19, 1980
- Date Archived:
- July 31, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
First Broadway Limited with head-end power equipment, 1980.
Black and white photograph from the March-April 1980 issue of Amtrak NEWS.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Created:
- 1985
- Date Archived:
- July 25, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
"Amtrak's Executive Sleeper Service" brochure, 1985.
Two-color printed paper brochure issued in 1985 to promote the Executive Sleeper Service between Washington/Baltimore and New York. Under this service, the last evening departures from each city included a Sleeping car. Passengers could board early, sleep and arrive at their destinations refreshed; more than half the time was spent in stations during the early morning hours. Wake-up calls, a continental breakfast and newspapers were also provided. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Postcard
- Date Archived:
- June 20, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Broadway Limited at Horseshoe Curve postcard.
Color paper postcard featuring the Broadway Limited traveling over the famous Horseshoe Curve in fall. This card is one of a set produced by Amtrak with various images of trains and interiors and dates to the late 1980s or early 1990s.
- Type:
- Postcard
- Date Archived:
- June 20, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
New England shore postcard, mid-1980s.
Color paper postcard featuring an Amtrak train along the New England shore. This card is one of a set produced by Amtrak with various images of trains and interiors.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Created:
- 1983
- Date Archived:
- March 28, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
"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.
- Type:
- Flyer
- Date Archived:
- March 28, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
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.
- Type:
- Timetable
- Date Created:
- July 3, 1986
- Date Archived:
- March 6, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Metroliner and Cape Codder timetable, 1986.
Multi-color printed paper timetable issued July 3, 1986 for the high-speed Metroliner (Washington-New York/New Haven) and the new Cape Codder (New York-Hyannis), a summer weekend service carrying passengers to central Cape Cod. From the Ann Owens Collection. At Hyannis, passengers could catch the ferry to Nantucket. Partially financed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Cape Codder ran from 1986 until 1996.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Created:
- 1987
- Date Archived:
- March 5, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Cape Codder brochure, 1987.
Multi-color printed paper brochure issued in 1987 to promote the Cape Codder (New York-Hyannis), a summer weekend service carrying passengers to central Cape Cod. From the Ann Owens Collection. At Hyannis, passengers could catch the ferry to Nantucket. Partially financed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the service ran from 1986 until 1996.
- Type:
- Timetable
- Date Created:
- October 28, 1980
- Date Archived:
- February 13, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Connecticut Valley Service timetable, 1980.
Multi-color printed paper timetable issued on October 28, 1980 for service on the Springfield Line (New Haven-Springfield). In addition to more than a dozen daily frequencies, the brochure touts the new Budd Self-Propelled Vehicle (SPV-2000) diesel cars purchased by the state of Connecticut for use on the route. The cars could be used as single units or combined for greater capacity. From the Ann Owens Collection.
