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By:David Sommer
Dates:5/1/1971 - 9/10/2004
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1971 South Wind, Texas Chief, and the City of New Orleans
Title:  1971 South Wind, Texas Chief, and the City of New Orleans
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Photo Date:  5/21/1971  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  David Sommer
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1971 George Washington, Broadway Limited, James Whitcomb Riley, & The Spirit of St. Louis
Title:  1971 George Washington, Broadway Limited, James Whitcomb Riley, & The Spirit of St. Louis
Description:  Amtrak served Union Station and Central Station in Chicago.
Photo Date:  5/21/1971  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1971 Amtrak Sample Fares
Title:  1971 Amtrak Sample Fares
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Photo Date:  7/12/1971  Upload Date: 9/19/2004 12:17:01 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  David Sommer
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1971 Chicago - Butte / Grand Forks - Seattle Trains
Title:  1971 Chicago - Butte / Grand Forks - Seattle Trains
Description:  In 1971 Amtrak did not provide a name for its tri-weekly Chicago-Seattle train via Butte. It would become The North Coast Hiawatha in later timetables. Both Pacific Northwest trains crossed Snoqualmie Pass. The Sunset Limited made stops at Pomona and Alhambra near Los Angeles.
Photo Date:  7/21/1971  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1971 The Champion
Title:  1971 The Champion
Description:  The Champion had a Tavern Lounge and served Clearwater and St. Petersburg.
Photo Date:  7/21/1971  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1974 The Valley Forge
Title:  1974 The Valley Forge
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Photo Date:  5/1/1974  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1974 The Black Hawk
Title:  1974 The Black Hawk
Description:  The Black Hawk was operated with RDC's.
Photo Date:  5/19/1974  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1974 The Montrealer & The Blue Ridge
Title:  1974 The Montrealer & The Blue Ridge
Description:  Amtrak's Montrealer had a popular bar car called Le Pub. During this time the train used the Boston & Maine tracks north of Springfield, MA which became the center of a dispute with Guilford that caused the train to be re-routed.
Photo Date:  5/19/1974  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  David Sommer
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1974 The Mountaineer & The James Whitcomb Riley
Title:  1974 The Mountaineer & The James Whitcomb Riley
Description:  These trains were combined between Chicago and Tri-State Station, Ky. Stops were made at Muncie and Peru.
Photo Date:  5/19/1974  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  2982   Comments: 1
1975 Amtrak Connections - Southern Rwy., Rock Island, and Rio Grande Trains
Title:  1975 Amtrak Connections - Southern Rwy., Rock Island, and Rio Grande Trains
Description:  Southern's tri-weekly trains 3 and 4 between Salisbury and Asheville had a Dome Parlor car. The Peoria Rocket had a Parlor Car with private rooms and a Club Diner. The Quad City Rocket had a Club Lounge Car and a Club Diner. Unlike today's California Zephyr, The Rio Grande Zephyr stopped at Bond, Rifle, Thompson, and Green River.
Photo Date:  5/15/1975  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 4:44:29 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  David Sommer
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1975 Arrowhead & North Coast Hiawatha
Title:  1975 Arrowhead & North Coast Hiawatha
Description:  The Arrowhead would be extended to Duluth soon after its inception. It traveled nonstop between Minneapolis and Superior, a distance of 144 miles.
Photo Date:  5/15/1975  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1975 The National Limited
Title:  1975 The National Limited
Description:  For a time, Effingham, IL was served by Amtrak's East-West National Limited and its North-South Panama Limited / City of New Orleans.
Photo Date:  5/15/1975  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1975 Amtrak / Southern Rwy. Connections
Title:  1975 Amtrak / Southern Rwy. Connections
Description:  In 1975 Southern's #7 and #8 were mixed freight and passenger trains. Southern had applied to drop these mixed trains when this schedule was published. Today's Crescent omits many of the stops made by its predecessor.
Photo Date:  5/15/1975  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 4:31:55 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1975 Chicago - Texas Trains
Title:  1975 Chicago - Texas Trains
Description:  The Inter-American traveled 153 miles nonstop from San Antonio to Laredo on the U.S./Mexican Border. The Lone Star followed some of the route used by today's Heartland Flyer.
Photo Date:  11/30/1975  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1976 Broadway Ltd. & National Ltd.
Title:  1976 Broadway Ltd. & National Ltd.
Description:  The Broadway Limited traveled the same PRR route as its predecessor. The National Limited carried a Trans-Continental Sleeping Car which was attached to the Southwest Chief.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1976 CHI - MPS - DULUTH
Title:  1976 CHI - MPS - DULUTH
Description:  The Fall 1976 Amtrak timetable shows plans still being made to extend The Arrowhead to Duluth. Stops have been added to the route at Cambridge and Sandstone. All Chicago - Milwaukee trains use Turboliners.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1976 Chicago - Detroit - Toronto/New York
Title:  1976 Chicago - Detroit - Toronto/New York
Description:  Amtrak's 1976 Chicago - Detroit trains called at Chelsea and Ypsilanti. Direct connecting service was provided from Detroit across southern Ontario to Buffalo and New York City. Commuter service was provided between Jackson and Detroit by The Michigan Executive.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1976 North Coast Hiawatha & San Francisco Zephyr
Title:  1976 North Coast Hiawatha & San Francisco Zephyr
Description:  The 1976 North Coast Hiawatha reached Seattle by way of Stevens Pass. The San Francisco Zephyr used a UP route west of Denver via Wyoming. Wyoming has no Amtrak service today. Amtrak's California Zephyr uses the traditional and far more scenic Rollins Pass Route across Colorado.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1976 New York - Buffalo - Detroit
Title:  1976 New York - Buffalo - Detroit
Description:  The 1976 Niagara Rainbow reached Detroit by traveling across southern Ontario.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  1521   Comments: 0
1976 The Floridian, The Panama Limited (via Canton, MS)
Title:  1976 The Floridian, The Panama Limited (via Canton, MS)
Description:  In 1971 Amtrak's Chicago - New Orleans was called The City of New Orleans. 1n 1976 it was called The Panama Limited. The name was switched back to The City of New Orleans some years later.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1976 Chicago - Los Angeles
Title:  1976 Chicago - Los Angeles
Description:  For a time, Amtrak called this train the Super Chief. Then it became The Southwest Limited. Today it is called The Southwest Chief. Its routes in and out of both Chicago and Los Angeles have been altered over the years.
Photo Date:  10/31/1976  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1979 The Beacon Hill
Title:  1979 The Beacon Hill
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Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1979 The Chesapeake
Title:  1979 The Chesapeake
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Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1979 Buffalo - Toronto Train (Conrail/VIA Rail Canada)
Title:  1979 Buffalo - Toronto Train (Conrail/VIA Rail Canada)
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Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1979 The San Joaquin
Title:  1979 The San Joaquin
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Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1979 The Shenandoah & The Blue Ridge
Title:  1979 The Shenandoah & The Blue Ridge
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Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  4124   Comments: 0
1979 Pioneer & Desert Wind
Title:  1979 Pioneer & Desert Wind
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Photo Date:  10/28/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1984 The Inidiana Connection
Title:  1984 The Inidiana Connection
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Photo Date:  4/23/1984  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1984 The Montrealer
Title:  1984 The Montrealer
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Photo Date:  4/23/1984  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  3871   Comments: 0
1984 The North Star
Title:  1984 The North Star
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Photo Date:  10/30/1984  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  989   Comments: 0
1984 Tampa - Miami Train
Title:  1984 Tampa - Miami Train
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Photo Date:  10/30/1984  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  1075   Comments: 0
1984 The Night Owl & The New Haven Metroliner
Title:  1984 The Night Owl & The New Haven Metroliner
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Photo Date:  10/31/1984  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  1558   Comments: 0
1985 "The North Star"
Title:  1985 "The North Star"
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Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 9/19/2004 1:14:56 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
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Views:  1381   Comments: 0
1990 The Clamdigger & The Cape Codder
Title:  1990 The Clamdigger & The Cape Codder
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Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1990 Downingtown Metroliner
Title:  1990 Downingtown Metroliner
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Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  1118   Comments: 0
1990 Chicago - Houston
Title:  1990 Chicago - Houston
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Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  995   Comments: 0
1990 The Montrealer via New London, CT
Title:  1990 The Montrealer via New London, CT
Description:  1990 Montrealer via New London, CT
Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  4028   Comments: 0
1990 The Night Owl, The Executive Sleeper, and The Moonlighter
Title:  1990 The Night Owl, The Executive Sleeper, and The Moonlighter
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Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  1139   Comments: 0
1990 Chicago - Houston
Title:  1990 Chicago - Houston
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Photo Date:  5/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1990 Boston - Atlantic City
Title:  1990 Boston - Atlantic City
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Photo Date:  10/28/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1990 Richmond - Atlantic City
Title:  1990 Richmond - Atlantic City
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Photo Date:  10/28/1990  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1993 Carolinian
Title:  1993 Carolinian
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Photo Date:  5/2/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  950   Comments: 0
1993 CHI - STL - KCY
Title:  1993 CHI - STL - KCY
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Photo Date:  5/2/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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1993 CHICAGO - QUINCY / KANSAS CITY
Title:  1993 CHICAGO - QUINCY / KANSAS CITY
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Photo Date:  5/2/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  783   Comments: 0
1993 Miami - Los Angeles
Title:  1993 Miami - Los Angeles
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Photo Date:  5/2/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  5207   Comments: 0
1993 Montreal Trains
Title:  1993 Montreal Trains
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Photo Date:  5/29/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  3983   Comments: 0
1993 Gulf Breeze
Title:  1993 Gulf Breeze
Description:  The Gulf Breeze
Photo Date:  10/25/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  3493   Comments: 2
1993 The River Cities KCY - STL - NOL
Title:  1993 The River Cities KCY - STL - NOL
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Photo Date:  10/25/1993  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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Views:  2067   Comments: 0
1994 Detroit - Toledo / Toronto Timetable
Title:  1994 Detroit - Toledo / Toronto Timetable
Description:  Amtrak Detroit - Toledo and joint Amtrak / VIA Port Huron - Toronto services have been discontinued.
Photo Date:  4/25/1994  Upload Date: 9/19/2004 8:18:14 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  962   Comments: 0
1994 New York - Toronto (Overnight)
Title:  1994 New York - Toronto (Overnight)
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Photo Date:  5/1/1994  Upload Date: 9/10/2004 3:06:23 AM
Location:  Washington, DC
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