Amtrak President Paul Reistrup, 1970s.
Black and white portrait photograph of Amtrak President Paul Reistrup; dates to the mid-1970s.
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- Date Archived:
- January 24, 2017
- Decade:
- 1970s
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Paul Reistrup served as the second president of Amtrak from 1975 to 1978. He came to the company following extensive experience in passenger rail services with both the Baltimore & Ohio and Illinois Central railroads.
Under Reistrup's leadership, Amtrak purchased the Beech Grove, Ind., heavy maintenance facility from Penn Central; introduced new single-level Amfleet cars into revenue service; gained control of the majority of the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston; ordered bi-level Superliner cars for long-distance services; experimented with conversion of older equipment to head-end power; and initiated a rebuilding of the Chicago rail yards.
Photographer: Unknown for Amtrak. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
