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- Type:
- Newsletter
- Date Created:
- June 1, 1977
- Date Archived:
- June 19, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak NEWS , June 1, 1977.
Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 10 (June 1, 1977): 8. Print. Includes black and white photographs and maps.
Amtrak NEWS was a bi-monthly newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on the inauguration of the Pioneer (Salt Lake City-Boise-Seattle) and Hilltopper (Washington-Roanoake-Catlettsburg), as well as the start of a new electrician apprenticeship program at the Beech Grove Shops.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- May 15, 1977
- Date Archived:
- June 19, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
GG-1 locomotive #4935 leading the Murray Hill, 1977.
Black and white photograph from the June 1, 1977 issue of Amtrak NEWS.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Date Archived:
- June 19, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
GG-1 locomotive #4935 at the Wilmington Shops, 1977.
Black and white photograph from the June 1, 1977 issue of Amtrak NEWS.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- March 31, 1977
- Date Archived:
- June 19, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Locomotives on the Northeast Corridor, 1977.
Black and white photo from the May 15, 1977 issue of Amtrak NEWS shows a GG-1, E-60CP, Swedish R4c and French CC 21000.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- August 2, 1980
- Date Archived:
- June 19, 2013
- Geography:
- Northwest
- Decade:
- 1980s
Willamette Valley Express inaugural, 1980.
Black and white photograph from the September-October 1980 issue of Amtrak NEWS.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Archived:
- June 17, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1980s
Self ServeTicketing brochure, late 1980s.
Multicolor printed paper brochure highlighting new Self ServeTicketing kiosks. From the Ann Owens Collection; dates to the late 1980s. Amtrak introduced improved Self ServeTicketing kiosks in early 1987 at heavily-trafficked stations such as Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles. Customers could buy a ticket or retrieve one for a previously made reservation.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Archived:
- June 17, 2013
- Geography:
- South
- Decade:
- 1990s
Viewliner brochure, mid-1990s.
Multicolor printed paper brochure highlighting the new single-level Viewliner sleeping cars. From the Ann Owens Collection; dates to the mid-late 1990s. Viewliners, manufactured by Amerail and introduced in 1996, are primarily used on routes in the East and Midwest where tunnel and bridge clearances preclude the use of Superliners.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- June 17, 2013
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1980s
California Zephyr skirting the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, Colo., 1980s.
One of a set of film slides depicting scenes along the route of the California Zephyr; image dates to after 1983.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- June 17, 2013
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1980s
Superliner coach car close-up, 1980s.
One of a set of film slides depicting scenes along the route of the California Zephyr; image dates to after 1983.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- June 17, 2013
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1980s
California Zephyr near Crescent, Colo., 1980s.
One of a set of film slides depicting scenes along the route of the California Zephyr; image dates to after 1983.
