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May 17, 2018

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1970s

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Amtrak NEWS, August 1979.

Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 6, No. 9 (August 1979): 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 Congressional votes to cut approximately 20% of Amtrak's current system; the re-establishment of train service at Sandusky, Ohio; Sunset Limited conductor R.A. (Rags) Guidry, father of baseball pitcher Ron Guidry; and the agreement by Connecticut to purchase 13 self-propelled SPV-2000 rail cars.