There are some cool pics in this article

[Steve4031]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Amtrak in the 1970s: Exclusive photos

http://usat.ly/1Myexyp

 

[crabby_appleton1950]

Thanks for sharing. I found it very interesting, especially once I figured out the 'full screen' view showed captions for each photo.

Got a chuckle out of the old uniforms.

 

[Steve4031]

I remember riding in the Santa Fe lunch counter car on the coast starlight.

 

[crabby_appleton1950]

I remember riding in the Santa Fe lunch counter car on the coast starlight.

That looked like fun. I think I would have enjoyed it I miss the old lunch counters "5 & dimes", drugstores, etc used to have.

 

[FormerOBS]

The lady in photo 17 was a coworker of mine. For many years, she was one of my supervisors. She retired a couple years ago with almost 40 years' Amtrak service, most of it onboard. She's a charming, witty, bright, and caring lady who is still very active in the arts during her retirement. One of Amtrak's all-time best. An all-star.

Tom

 

[Manny T]

I certainly remember the Turbo trains, and I was fortunate to have a ride on the German ICE train when it had a trial run on the NE corridor in a test for the new Acela, which it lost. That was c. 1993.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Amtrak in the 1970s: Exclusive photos

http://usat.ly/1Myexyp

A trip down Memory Lane for sure!

I definitely remember AmClass ( First Class), the Turbos, the Really Red Uniforms, the Nice Heritage Diners, and the Dome Cars along with the Rainbow Consists!

 

[KmH]

Whoa! The Turbo was, IMO, a butt-ugly train.

 

[tommylicious]

these are really great! thank you for sharing !

 

[Rob Creighton]

Wonderful share. A great book filled with 1970s Amtrak photos is Amtrak Trains and Travel by Patrick Dorin published in 1979. I think I checked that book out of the library 10 times as a kid, and my wife bought a copy for me a couple of Christmases ago. If you liked these photos, at the very least, it's worth seeing if your library has it!

 

[Steve4031]

Oh I have that book!! I was born in 1966. My childhood memories were of those cars. Rode the French turbo liner. Not the one out east.