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- Type:
- Newsletter
- Date Created:
- September 15, 1976
- Date Archived:
- May 10, 2018
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak NEWS, September 15, 1976.
Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 3, No. 17 (September 15, 1976): 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 an agreement between Amtrak and the Auto-Train Corporation to run a daily joint train between Louisville, Ky., and Sanford, Fla.; the creation of upgraded quarters for on-board service personnel at Chicago Union Station; and Amtrak assuming responsibility for all train movements on the Northeast Corridor.
- Type:
- Route Guide
- Date Created:
- January 1977
- Date Archived:
- January 8, 2014
- Geography:
- South
- Decade:
- 1970s
Floridian route guide, 1977.
Two-color printed paper route guide issued in January 1977 for the daily Floridian (Chicago-St. Petersburg/ Miami). Guide offers brief descriptions of cities and towns along the route, as well as a map and photographs. A popular feature of this train was its Dome coach. The Floridian was discontinued in October 1979. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Flyer
- Date Created:
- January 1977
- Date Archived:
- July 15, 2013
- Geography:
- South
- Decade:
- 1970s
Floridian discount fares flyer, 1977.
Two-color printed paper flyer issued in January 1977 to promote discounted round-trip coach fares on the daily Floridian (Chicago-Tampa-St.Petersburg/Miami).
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Archived:
- July 11, 2013
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Wheel of a Deal" brochure, 1970s.
Multicolor printed paper brochure issued in the late 1970s; from the Ann Owens Collection. The "Wheel of a Deal" promotion included round-trip train fare aboard the Floridian from Chicago to various destinations within Florida, coupled with a car upon one's arrival. According to this version of the brochure, passengers could choose from an AMC Hornet or an AMC Pacer.
