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The evolution of the Amtrak Timetable! I remember when they used to come folded in half
and you had a
separate timetable for the northeast as well as the national timetable. |
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| LEFT: A poster showing various signal aspects and their associated rules. RIGHT: A dwarf signal. |
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| An HO Scale model of a typical eastern Amtrak train in the 1990's when P42's started to replace F40's. |
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| A control stand from an EMD GP40TC locomotive. |
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| Nice promotional sign with those Phase III painted P40's! |
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| LEFT: 1990's era Conductor uniform. RIGHT: Amtrak Metroliner & other great route memorabilia. |
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Charter Services related materials are shown here along with a celebrity! It appears that "Thing" from "The Addams Family" is
also visiting the exhibit train as evidenced by the hand on top of that case!!! Jeez I crack myself up!
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| Current era Amtrak dinner place settings. |
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LEFT: A promotional 3D poster seen in many stations across the country. RIGHT: Dining car menus from various routes
among other things! I never knew Total Cereal once ran an Amtrak promotion!!!
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| Pacific Surfliner coach seats. |
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| Amtrak in California posters! I love riding on the Surfliners myself! |
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| LEFT: Current Onboard Service uniform. RIGHT: Current Baggage Handler uniform. |
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A collection of brochures and such about the Swedish-built X2000 and the German-built ICE (Inter City Express) high-speed
trains that toured the Amtrak System in 1993.
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Posters of current Amtrak routes! My personal favorite of course would no doubt be the Lake Shore Limited.
Call me partial if you will but hey,
I was born and raised in the state of New York!
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| LEFT: State-sponsored routes including Amtrak in Virginia, The Downeaster in Maine and Amtrak's Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest are showcased here. RIGHT: Acela Express memorabilia along with Amtrak Guest Rewards-related info. I've been a proud member of AGR for about 9 years now! Underneath that is other Amtrak memorabilia including the "Arte The Engineer" plush toy! |
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| Catenary from the Northeast Corridor! |
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| LEFT: Current Amtrak Conductor uniform. RIGHT: Current Dining Car worker uniform. |
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| National Train Day, an annual event put together by Amtrak. |
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| The evolution of ticketing on Amtrak: From paper tickets to eTicketing, which is now being tested on select routes! |
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| New Business Class leather seating. |
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| More posters and an engineer's seat as you get to the end of the last exhibit car and head for the store. |
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Inside the 40th Anniversary Store, are lots of Amtrak-branded model trains as well as t-shirts and souvenirs for sale! I bought
a baseball cap and a coffee mug, and the weird thing is, I don't even drink coffee! The mug sits on my desk at home!
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| A National Association Of Railroad Passengers (NARP) Advertisement above a Viaggio High Speed Train model. |
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| Siemens provided this promotional poster in the store car describing the new electric locomotive it is building for Amtrak. |
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Walking through the center of the Anniversary Store where this large photo is displayed thanking all
the great folks who made this whole thing possible! |
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| The Acela Regional oval tables and seats are still installed on one end of the store car. |
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LEFT: Looking at the nose of P40DC #822 which was the second unit on the Exhibit Train.
RIGHT: The Exit sign at the end of the train. |
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