Amtrak’s “Star City” Homecoming
State, local and Amtrak officials gathered in Roanoke to celebrate the return of Amtrak service to the city.Cheering crowds gathered in Roanoke, Va., on Oct. 30, 2017, to greet the arrival of the...
View ArticleReconnecting the San Joaquin Valley
In early March 1974, residents of the San Joaquin Valley – one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions, running the length of the California interior between Los Angeles and San Francisco –...
View ArticleA Guide to Amtrak Liveries and Logos
EMD E9A locomotive No. 418, leading the Coast Starlight/Daylight, wears the first Amtrak livery introduced in 1972.One of the most common questions we receive through the Amtrak History website is,...
View ArticleStations Then and Now: Tour 4
The Amtrak Marketing department photo library contains thousands of slides that we are working to sort, digitize and make available to the public. The collection includes images of trains traveling...
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