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Amtrak Summary
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Amtrak was created in the early 1970s to rescue America's failing passenger rail system by bringing it under the control of a single quasi-governmental authority. Trains had been the primary means of intercity travel up to World War II, during...
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Amtrak Information
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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (AAR reporting marks AMTK and AMTZ), is a quasi-governmental corporation that was organized on May 1 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak"...


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Amtrak sees record ridership
9/10/2007: 1,255 words, approx. 4 pages
The Illinois cornfields whizzing past Mark Hardacre's view from the Amtrak cafe car had nothing on the memorable splendor the Australian had already taken in on his trans-America adventure _ the Pacific Ocean so vast and blue off California's coast. The emerald green of the...
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Amtrak blames outage on computer flaw
2/24/2007: 392 words, approx. 1 pages
A computer glitch caused a power failure last year that shut down the Washington-to-New York City rail corridor for two hours during the morning rush, Amtrak said Friday.Nearly nine months after the May 25 incident stranded riders on 112 trains operated by Amtrak, New Jersey...
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Amtrak turns train into billboard
11/7/2007: 379 words, approx. 1 pages
Perennially cash-strapped Amtrak has found a new way to generate revenue — by turning an entire train into a moving billboard.A train used on the Acela Express, the railroad's premium Boston-Washington service, will be wrapped in an advertisement for the History Channel's "1968 with Tom...
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Outgoing chairman says Amtrak on track
11/21/2007: 892 words, approx. 3 pages
Amtrak has restored its credibility and is not the financial basket case it was five years ago, the national passenger railroad's outgoing chairman said.But David Laney, whom President Bush did not nominate for another term on the board, told The Associated Press that there are...
 


 

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