Keeping a watchful eye, 2010.
Color digital image showing an assistant conductor surveying the platform as her train departs the station; image dates to October 2010.
- Digital Image Details
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- Date Archived:
- November 6, 2014
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 2010s
- Data Format:
- Image
- Date Created:
- October 2010
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As her train departs the New Carrollton, Maryland, station, Assistant Conductor Ke'ke Touray keeps a watchful eye on the platform. The conductor and assistant conductor are responsible for the safe movement and operation of the train, the collection and protection of Amtrak ticket revenue, the conduct of the operating and on-board service crews, the boarding and detraining of passengers and the assignment of passenger accommodations.
This image is one of a set entitled "A Day in the Life of Amtrak" completed for the Amtrak 40th Anniversary celebration.
Photographer: Matt Donnelly for Amtrak. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
