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About Amtrak

Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 to take over the passenger rail services previously required to be operated by private freight railroad companies in the United States. Those companies reported they had operated the services without profit for a decade or more.
More than half of the rail passenger routes operated by the freight railroad companies were eliminated when Amtrak began service on May 1, 1971.

Amtrak employs nearly 19,000 people. It operates passenger service on 21,000 miles (34,000 km) of track primarily owned by freight railroads connecting 500 destinations in 46 states. Some routes serve Canada. In fiscal year 2007, Amtrak served 25.8 million passengers, representing five straight years of record ridership.*

*information obtained from wikipedia.org & amtrak.com

Locomotives

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Amtrak NPCU
"Non Powered Control Unit"; former EMD FP-40H
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 1
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 24
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 36
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 97
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 101
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 129
Amtrak GE P-42DC
loco no. 204

Rolling Stock

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Amtrak Box Car
material handling
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Amtrak Box Car
material handling
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Amtrak Box Car
material handling
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Amtrak Box Car
material handling
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Amtrak Box Car
material handling
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Amtrak Autorack
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Amtrak Coach
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Other Amtrak locomotives, passenger coaches and other related rolling stock can be found at Frograil's Amtrak Gifs and Amtrak Prototype & Model.

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