February 2, 2009 at 12:00 am

Vintage Amtrak Commercials

by Andrew Smith

I think this is pretty interesting, some old Amtrak commercials from the 1970s through the early 1990s.

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5 Comments

Comment by Zach
2009-02-02 00:02:58

Hey Andy, have you heard anything that would verify this?

“Privatization advocates led Obama transportation review effort.”

http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11293

Comment by andrew
2009-02-02 10:57:15

I’ve not heard that. I know that DeFazio said Larry Summers had a lot to with the lower number for transit, but I think highway advocates are upset with the seemingly low number for them.

 
 
Comment by EeePC
2009-02-02 02:25:55

I want a $150 USA Rail Pass…

Comment by Lloyd
2009-02-02 07:51:41

I traveled all round the US on one of those passes in January 1977: Springfield, MA to NY, Chicago, Seattle, Eugene, Bay Area, LA, Houston, KC, St Louis, Chicago and back to Springfield. Upgraded to sleeper 2 nights of the 8, which turned out to be 9 nights due to a blizzard along Lake Erie which caused the Lake Shore Ltd to to take two nights to get from Chicago to Springfield. A most memorable Amtrak excursion.

 
 
Comment by Miss59
2009-10-22 12:55:10

I could not authenticate the documents themselves. ,

 

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