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Amtrak's 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train Tour
 
 
Comfortable Pacific Surfliner seats. Great for watching the beautiful Pacific Ocean from the train!
 
Amtrak's services in California that are jointly run with the California Department of Transportation.
 
  
LEFT: Dining car menus. Who knew Amtrak had a special on a box of Total cereal???
RIGHT: State-sponsored routes are represented here.
 
  
LEFT: Overhead catenary from the Northeast Corridor. RIGHT: Amtrak Guest Rewards info along with lots more Amtrak stuff!
 
A modern era onboard service uniform with what looks like the California Zephyr on the oversized poster in the background.
 
In 1993, Amtrak brought 2 trains over from Europe for a high-speed rail experiment and nationwide tour. The Swedish-built X2000
(shown in the photo on the wall) as well as the German-built ICE (Inter-City Express).
 
A Baggage Handler uniform with posters of several routes (many of which I've covered in over 50,000 miles of riding Amtrak!).
 
A Chef uniform with more route posters!
 
An HO Scale Acela Express High-Speed Rail train. I rode this once from New York to Boston in First Class, nice train!!!
 
Current era Conductor and Onboard Service uniforms.
 
A nice display about the events surrounding this train being in Toledo today, National Train Day!
 
The evolution of train ticketing: From the classic paper ticket to new e-ticketing which is rolling out nationwide this year!
 
New Business Class leather seating! When I took my trip to Jackson, MI last year to see this train, the Michigan train I rode
there from Ann Arbor, MI had this type of seating in Business Class where I was seated..
 
  
Some current era advertising posters with an advertisement about onboard Wi-Fi wireless internet.
Ahh, the modern conveniences of train travel in the 21st century!