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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. ^[1]

Acela

The Acela (originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C., and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia.

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Air travel

Air travel is a form of travel in vehicles such as airplanes, jet aircraft, helicopters, hot air balloons, blimps, gliders, hang gliders, parachutes, or anything else that can sustain flight.

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Airline codes

This is a list of airline codes.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Airport and Airway Trust Fund

The Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) provides funding for the federal commitment to the aviation system of the United States of America through several aviation-related excise taxes. Amtrak and Airport and Airway Trust Fund are 1971 establishments in the United States.

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Albany, New York

Albany is the capital and oldest city in the U.S. state of New York, and the seat of and most populous city in Albany County.

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Alexander Kummant

Alexander K. Kummant (born 1962) was named by Amtrak on August 29, 2006, as the railroad company's new president and chief executive officer effective September 12 of that year.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Enterprise Institute

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right think tank based in Washington, D.C., that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare.

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American Premier Underwriters

American Premier Underwriters is a property and casualty insurance company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Amtrak Arrow Reservation System

Amtrak's Arrow Reservation System is used nationally in the United States by Amtrak employees to take reservations, check train status, and monitor Amtrak equipment throughout the of the Amtrak network.

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Amtrak Cascades

The Amtrak Cascades is a passenger train corridor in the Pacific Northwest, operated by Amtrak in partnership with the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon.

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Amtrak Express

Amtrak Express is Amtrak's freight and shipping service.

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Amtrak paint schemes

Amtrak has used a variety of paint schemes (liveries) on its rolling stock since taking over intercity passenger rail service in the United States in 1971.

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Amtrak Police Department

The Amtrak Police Department (APD) is a federal railroad police department of Amtrak (also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation), the government-owned passenger train system in the United States.

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Amtrak Standard Stations Program

The Amtrak Standard Stations Program was an effort by Amtrak to create a standardized station design.

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Amtrak Thruway

Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains.

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Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system

Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system is a traction power network for the southern portion of the Northeast Corridor (NEC), the Keystone Corridor, and several branch lines between New York City and Washington D.C. The system was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1915 and 1938 before the North American power transmission grid was fully established. Amtrak and Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system are electric railways in the United States.

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Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system

Amtrak’s 60 Hz traction power system operates along the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, Connecticut,Specifically, Amtrak's 25 kV system begins at the Mill River Interlocking about two miles north of New Haven Union Station and Boston, Massachusetts. Amtrak and Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system are electric railways in the United States.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. Amtrak and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway are railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Atlas Air

Atlas Air, Inc. is a major American cargo airline, passenger charter airline, and aircraft lessor based in White Plains, New York.

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Auto Train

Auto Train is an scheduled daily train service for passengers and their automobiles operated by Amtrak between Lorton, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.), and Sanford, Florida (near Orlando).

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Auto-Train Corporation

Auto-Train Corporation, stylized auto-train, was a privately owned passenger railroad that operated from 1971 to 1981.

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Back Bay, Boston

Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on reclaimed land in the Charles River basin.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Barge

Barge often refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge (French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge,; Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Beech Grove Shops

The Beech Grove Shops is a railway maintenance facility in Beech Grove, Indiana, outside Indianapolis.

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Bicycle touring

Bicycle touring is the taking of self-contained cycling trips for pleasure, adventure or autonomy rather than sport, commuting or exercise.

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Big Bayou Canot rail accident

On September 22, 1993, an Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train derailed on the CSX Transportation Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama, United States.

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Blend word

In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words.

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BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. Amtrak and BNSF Railway are Alabama railroads, Arizona railroads, Arkansas railroads, British Columbia railways, California railroads, class I railroads in North America, Colorado railroads, Idaho railroads, Illinois railroads, Iowa railroads, Kansas railroads, Kentucky railroads, Louisiana railroads, Minnesota railroads, Mississippi railroads, Missouri railroads, Montana railroads, Nebraska railroads, Nevada railroads, new Mexico railroads, north Dakota railroads, Oklahoma railroads, Oregon railroads, railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area, Tennessee railroads, Texas railroads, Utah railroads, Washington (state) railroads and Wisconsin railroads.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bourbonnais, Illinois

Bourbonnais is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

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Brand

A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers.

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Brightline

Brightline (reporting mark BLFX) is an intercity rail route in the United States that runs between Miami and Orlando, Florida. Amtrak and Brightline are passenger railroads in the United States.

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Brightline West

Brightline West is a privately run high-speed rail route, currently under construction, to link the Las Vegas Valley and Rancho Cucamonga in the Greater Los Angeles area through the California high desert.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.

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Build Back Better Plan

The Built Back Better America Initiative, Build Back Better Plan, or Build Back Better agenda, was a legislative framework proposed by U.S. president Joe Biden between 2020 & 2021.

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Burlington Northern Railroad

The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads.

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Bus

A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.

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California Zephyr

The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville), via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. Amtrak and Canadian National Railway are Alabama railroads, British Columbia railways, class I railroads in North America, Illinois railroads, Indiana railroads, Iowa railroads, Kentucky railroads, Louisiana railroads, maine railroads, Michigan railroads, Minnesota railroads, Mississippi railroads, Nebraska railroads, new York (state) railroads, Ohio railroads, Ontario railways, Pennsylvania railroads, Quebec railways, Tennessee railroads, Vermont railroads and Wisconsin railroads.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. Amtrak and Canadian Pacific Railway are class I railroads in North America.

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Capitol Corridor

The Capitol Corridor is a passenger train route in Northern California operated by Amtrak between San Jose, in the Bay Area, and Auburn, in the Sacramento Valley.

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Capitol Limited

The Capitol Limited is a daily Amtrak train between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Castleton-on-Hudson, New York

Castleton-on-Hudson is a village located in the southwestern part of the town of Schodack in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

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Cayce, South Carolina

Cayce is a city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, along the Congaree River.

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Cayce, South Carolina, train collision

On February 4, 2018, the southbound Amtrak Silver Star No.

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Central Station (Chicago terminal)

Central Station was an intercity passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at the southern end of Grant Park near Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue.

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Charles Moorman

Charles Wickliffe "Wick" Moorman IV (born 1952) is an American businessman and railroader.

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Chase, Maryland

Chase is an unincorporated community in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.

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Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census.

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Chicago Union Station

Chicago Union Station is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the Near West Side of Chicago.

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Chicago Union Station Company

The Chicago Union Station Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Amtrak that owned Chicago's Union Station, the largest intercity station in the Midwest, as well as the approach tracks. Amtrak and Chicago Union Station Company are Illinois railroads and railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) was an American Class I railroad. Amtrak and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad are railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Chris Koos

Chris Koos is the current mayor of Normal, Illinois and is serving as a member of the Amtrak Board of Directors.

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City of New Orleans (train)

The City of New Orleans is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak in the Central United States between Chicago and New Orleans.

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Classification of railway accidents

Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in the future.

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Coast Starlight

The Coast Starlight is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States between Seattle and Los Angeles via Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Common stock

Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security.

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Concord, New Hampshire

Concord is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the seat of Merrimack County.

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Congressional Budget Office

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides budget and economic information to Congress.

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Connecticut Department of Transportation

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (often referred to as CTDOT, occasionally ConnDOT, and CDOT in rare instances) is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports and waterways in Connecticut.

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Conrail

Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. Amtrak and Conrail are corporations chartered by the United States Congress, government-owned companies of the United States and railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Amtrak and CSX Transportation are Alabama railroads, class I railroads in North America, Connecticut railroads, Delaware railroads, Florida railroads, Georgia (U.S. state) railroads, Illinois railroads, Indiana railroads, Kentucky railroads, Louisiana railroads, maine railroads, Maryland railroads, Massachusetts railroads, Michigan railroads, Mississippi railroads, Missouri railroads, new Hampshire railroads, new Jersey railroads, new York (state) railroads, north Carolina railroads, Ohio railroads, Ontario railways, Pennsylvania railroads, Quebec railways, railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area, south Carolina railroads, Tennessee railroads, Vermont railroads, Virginia railroads and west Virginia railroads.

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David L. Gunn

David L. Gunn (born June 21, 1937) is a transportation system administrator who has headed several significant railroads and transit systems in North America.

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Dearborn Station

Dearborn Station (also called, Polk Street Depot) was, beginning in the late 1800s, one of six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois.

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Deferred maintenance

Deferred maintenance is the practice of postponing maintenance activities such as repairs on both real property (i.e. infrastructure) and personal property (i.e. machinery) in order to save costs, meet budget funding levels, or realign available budget monies.

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Delaware

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.

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Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, heavy oil (historically) or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and then injection of fuel.

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Downeaster (train)

The Downeaster is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak and managed by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), an agency of the state of Maine.

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Drew Lewis

Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr. (November 3, 1931 – February 10, 2016), generally known as Drew Lewis, was an American businessman and politician from the state of Pennsylvania.

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DuPont, Washington

DuPont is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

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Electrification of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad pioneered electrification of main line railroads using high-voltage, alternating current, single-phase overhead catenary.

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Electro-Motive Diesel

Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry.

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Electronic ticket

An electronic ticket is a method of ticket entry, processing, and marketing for companies in the airline, railways and other transport and entertainment industries.

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Empire Builder

The Empire Builder is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane.

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Empire Service

The Empire Service is an inter-city rail service operated by Amtrak within the state of New York in the United States.

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Federal Railroad Administration

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).

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Fiscal year

A fiscal year (also known as a financial year, or sometimes budget year) is used in government accounting, which varies between countries, and for budget purposes.

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For-profit corporation

A for-profit corporation is an organization which aims to earn profit through its operations and is concerned with its own interests, rather than the interests of the public (non-profit corporation).

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Fortune (magazine)

Fortune (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City.

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Frank Lautenberg

Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013.

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Frequent-flyer program

A frequent-flyer programme (FFP) is a loyalty program offered by an airline.

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Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor)

The Gateway Program is a planned expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City along the right-of-way between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station.

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George Shultz

George Pratt Shultz (December 13, 1920February 6, 2021) was an American economist, businessman, diplomat and statesman.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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George Warrington

George David Warrington (September 19, 1952 – December 24, 2007) was an American transportation official, who served New Jersey Transit for 28 years, latterly in the post of executive director.

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Government Accountability Office

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

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Grading in education

Grading in education is the process of applying standardized measurements for varying levels of achievements in a course.

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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Grand Trunk Western Railroad

The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Amtrak and Grand Trunk Western Railroad are Illinois railroads, Indiana railroads, Michigan railroads, Ohio railroads, Ontario railways and railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg (Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County.

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Harvey, Illinois

Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Harvey, Illinois, train collision

The Harvey train collision took place on October 12, 1979, when the Shawnee train operated by Amtrak between Carbondale and Chicago Union Station crashed into a parked Illinois Central Gulf freight train, leading to the death of two crew members.

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Hell Gate Bridge

The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge) is a railroad bridge in New York City, New York, United States.

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Hialeah, Florida

Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

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High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965

The High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 was the first attempt by the U.S. Congress to foster the growth of high-speed rail in the U.S. The High Speed Ground Transportation Act was introduced immediately following the creation of Japan's first high-speed Shinkansen, or "bullet train" and was signed into law by President Lyndon B.

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High-speed rail

High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

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Highway Trust Fund

The Highway Trust Fund is a transportation fund in the United States which receives money from a federal fuel tax of 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel fuel and related excise taxes.

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History of rail transportation in the United States

Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s).

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House organ

A house organ (also variously known an in-house magazine, in-house publication, house journal, shop paper, plant paper, or employee magazine) is a magazine or periodical published by a company or organization for its customers, employees, union members, parishioners, political party members, and so forth.

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Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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ICE 1

The ICE 1 is the first batch-produced German high-speed train and one of six in the Intercity Express family.

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Illinois Central Railroad

The Illinois Central Railroad, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the Central United States. Amtrak and Illinois Central Railroad are railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), is a United States federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021.

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Inland waterways of the United States

The inland waterways of the United States include more than of navigable waters.

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Inter-city rail

Inter-city rail services are express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than commuter or regional trains.

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Interstate 95

Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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Issued shares

In economics and law, issued shares are the shares of a corporation which have been allocated (allotted) and are subsequently held by shareholders.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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Joel Szabat

Joel Szabat is a former American government official and military officer serving on the Amtrak Board of Directors since 2024.

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John A. Volpe

John Anthony Volpe (December 8, 1908November 11, 1994) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician from Massachusetts.

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John H. Riley

John H. Riley (January 19, 1947 – March 6, 1994) was an American attorney and railroad transportation administrator.

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Joplin, Montana

Joplin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Liberty County, Montana, United States.

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Joseph H. Boardman

Joseph Houston Boardman (December 23, 1948March 7, 2019) was an American transportation executive.

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Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo is a city in and the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

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Keystone Corridor

The Keystone Corridor is a 349-mile (562 km) railroad corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that consists of two rail lines: Amtrak and SEPTA's Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg main line, which hosts SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line commuter rail service, and Amtrak's Keystone Service and ''Pennsylvanian'' inter-city trains; and the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line.

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Keystone Service

The Keystone Service is a 195 mile (314 km) regional passenger train service from Amtrak, that operates between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, running along the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line (known as the Keystone Corridor).

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KRCC

KRCC (91.5 FM) is a public radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Laguna, New Mexico

Laguna is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Laguna Pueblo in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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LaSalle Street Station

LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago.

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Lippincott (brand consultancy)

Lippincott is an American brand strategy and design company.

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List of Amtrak stations

This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States).

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List of railway companies

This is an incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country.

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Long-distance Amtrak routes

The Long Distance Service Line is the division of Amtrak responsible for operating all intercity passenger train services in the United States longer than.

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Lorton, Virginia

Lorton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Louis W. Menk

Louis Wilson Menk (April 8, 1918 - November 23, 1999) was an American railway worker and executive.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Loyalty program

A loyalty program or a rewards program is a marketing strategy designed to encourage customers to continue to shop at or use the services of one or more businesses associated with the program.

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MARC Train

MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) is a commuter rail system in the Washington–Baltimore area. Amtrak and MARC Train are Maryland railroads.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. Amtrak and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority are Massachusetts railroads.

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McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company (informally McKinsey or McK) is an American multinational strategy and management consulting firm that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations.

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Mendon, Missouri

Mendon is a city in western Chariton County, Missouri, United States.

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Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North Railroad, trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York. Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad are Connecticut railroads, new Jersey railroads and new York (state) railroads.

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Metroliner (train)

The Metroliners were extra-fare high-speed trains between Washington, D.C., and New York City which operated from 1969 to 2006.

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Metrolink (California)

Metrolink is a commuter rail system in Southern California, serving Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties, as well as to Oceanside in San Diego County. Amtrak and Metrolink (California) are California railroads.

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Metropolitan statistical area

In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the region.

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.

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Miami

Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

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Michigan Central Railroad

The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally chartered in 1832 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. Amtrak and Michigan Central Railroad are railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Michigan Line

The Michigan Line, sometimes known as the Chicago–Detroit Line, is a higher-speed rail corridor that runs between Porter, Indiana and Dearborn, Michigan.

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Missouri River Runner

The Missouri River Runner is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak in Missouri between Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis and Union Station in Kansas City.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Money market

The money market is a component of the economy that provides short-term funds.

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Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.

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National Highway System (United States)

The National Highway System (NHS) is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, military bases, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities.

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New Haven Line

The New Haven Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New Haven–Springfield Line

The New Haven–Springfield Line is a railroad line owned by Amtrak from New Haven, Connecticut, north to Springfield, Massachusetts, serving the Knowledge Corridor.

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New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Amtrak and New York Central Railroad are railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.

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Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States.

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Night Owl (train)

The Night Owl was a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts, via New York City.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Amtrak and Norfolk Southern Railway are Alabama railroads, class I railroads in North America, Delaware railroads, Florida railroads, Georgia (U.S. state) railroads, Illinois railroads, Indiana railroads, Iowa railroads, Kansas railroads, Kentucky railroads, Louisiana railroads, Maryland railroads, Massachusetts railroads, Michigan railroads, Mississippi railroads, Missouri railroads, new Jersey railroads, new York (state) railroads, north Carolina railroads, Ohio railroads, Ontario railways, Pennsylvania railroads, railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area, south Carolina railroads, Tennessee railroads, Vermont railroads, Virginia railroads and west Virginia railroads.

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Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.

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Northeast Regional

The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.

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Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Northern Illinois University Press

Northern Illinois University Press is a publisher affiliated with Northern Illinois University and owned by Cornell University Press.

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Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation

The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (DOT OIG) is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978.

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Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).

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Ogilvie Transportation Center

The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center, on the site of the former Chicago and North Western Terminal, is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.

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Pacific Surfliner

The Pacific Surfliner is a passenger train service serving the communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.

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Pallet

A pallet (also called a skid) is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a front loader, a jacking device, or an erect crane.

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Palo Verde, Arizona

Palo Verde is a small populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

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Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008

The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (originally, passed as division B of) is a law that reauthorized Amtrak and authorized the United States Department of Transportation to provide grants for operating costs and capital expenses and to repay Amtrak's long-term debt and capital leases.

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Passenger train

A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line.

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Penn Central Transportation Company

The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Amtrak and Penn Central Transportation Company are railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Penn Line

The Penn Line is a MARC passenger rail service operating between Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Perryville, Maryland, along the far southern leg of the Northeast Corridor; most trains terminate at Baltimore's Penn Station. Amtrak and Penn Line are Maryland railroads.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Railroad class GG1

The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), in the northeastern United States.

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Pete Buttigieg

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg (born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former naval officer who is serving as the 19th United States secretary of transportation.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line

The Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by Amtrak in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.

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Pioneer Zephyr

The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington Route.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Polychlorinated biphenyl

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.

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Porter, Indiana

Porter is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Positive train control

Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States.

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Post Road Branch

The Post Road Branch is a railroad line owned and operated by Amtrak in the U.S. state of New York.

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Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie, officially the City of Poughkeepsie, which is separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it, is a city in the U.S. state of New York.

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Preferred stock

Preferred stock (also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds) is a component of share capital that may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock, including properties of both an equity and a debt instrument, and is generally considered a hybrid instrument.

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Presidency of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989.

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President (corporate title)

A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.

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Progressive Era

The Progressive Era (1901–1929) was a period in the United States during the early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform across the country.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.

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Quasi-corporation

A quasi-corporation is an entity that exercises some of the functions of a corporation, but has not been granted separate legal personality by statute.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Rail Passengers Association

The Rail Passengers Association (RPA), formerly the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), is the largest advocacy organization for rail passengers in the United States. Amtrak and rail Passengers Association are passenger rail transportation in the United States.

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Railroad Retirement Board

The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States government created in 1935 to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country's railroad workers.

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Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act

The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, often called the "4R Act," is a United States federal law that established the basic outlines of regulatory reform in the railroad industry and provided transitional operating funds following the 1970 bankruptcy of Penn Central Transportation Company.

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Railroad switch

A railroad switch, turnout, or points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.

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Railway Age

Railway Age is an American trade magazine for the rail transport industry.

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Railway electrification

Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport.

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Railway track

A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

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Rationing in the United States

Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand.

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Rensselaer, New York

Rensselaer is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, and is located on the east side of the Hudson River, opposite Albany and on the western border of Rensselaer County.

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Richard H. Anderson (businessman)

Richard H. Anderson (born May 2, 1955) is a retired American lawyer and business executive.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Right of way

A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.

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Roomette

A roomette is a type of sleeping car compartment in a railroad passenger train.

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Salem, Illinois

Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States.

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San Joaquins

The San Joaquins is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak in California's San Joaquin Valley.

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Sanford, Florida

Sanford is a city and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida.

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021.

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Schenectady, New York

Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat.

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Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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SeaLand

Sea-Land (later known as Maersk SeaLand and SeaLand) was an American intra-regional container shipping company headquartered in Miramar, Florida with representation in 29 countries across the Americas.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Sensational spelling

Sensational spelling is the deliberate spelling of a word in a non-standard way for special effect.

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Shares outstanding

Shares outstanding are all the shares of a corporation that have been authorized, issued and purchased by investors and are held by them.

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Shawnee (train)

The Shawnee was a passenger train operated first by then Illinois Central Railroad and then by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois and Carbondale, Illinois.

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Shore Line East

Shore Line East (SLE) is a commuter rail service which operates along the Northeast Corridor through southern Connecticut, United States. Amtrak and Shore Line East are Connecticut railroads.

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Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational technology conglomerate.

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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, it is an edge city with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf.

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Silver Star (Amtrak train)

The Silver Star is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between New York City and Miami via Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tampa, Florida.

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Sleeping car

The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping.

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South Dakota

South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.

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South Station

South Station, officially The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station, is the largest railroad station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston and New England's second-largest transportation center after Logan International Airport.

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

The Southern Railway (also known as Southern Railway Company) was a class 1 railroad based in the Southern United States between 1894 and 1982, when it merged with the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) to form the Norfolk Southern Railway.

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Southwest Chief

The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and Glorieta Subdivision.

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Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx

Spuyten Duyvil is a neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.

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St. Martin's Press

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Stephen Gardner (transportation executive)

Stephen J. Gardner (born) is an American transportation executive and musician who is the chief executive officer of Amtrak.

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Streamliner

A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance.

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Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train run by Amtrak, operating on a route between New Orleans and Los Angeles.

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Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997

The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 was enacted by the 105th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton.

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Texas Eagle

The Texas Eagle is a long-distance passenger train operated daily by Amtrak on a route between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, with major stops in St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Journal of Politics

The Journal of Politics is a peer-reviewed academic journal of political science established in 1939 and published quarterly (February, May, August and November) by University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Register-Guard

The Register-Guard is a daily newspaper in the northwestern United States, published in Eugene, Oregon.

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The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Times Union (Albany)

The Times Union, or Times-Union, is an American daily newspaper, serving the Capital Region of New York.

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Trade name

A trade name, trading name, or business name is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name.

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Trains (magazine)

Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads aimed at railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees.

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Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within, and connecting to, the United States.

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Trent Lott

Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007.

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Trucking industry in the United States

The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad are Arizona railroads, Arkansas railroads, California railroads, class I railroads in North America, Colorado railroads, Idaho railroads, Illinois railroads, Iowa railroads, Kansas railroads, Louisiana railroads, Minnesota railroads, Missouri railroads, Montana railroads, Nebraska railroads, Nevada railroads, new Mexico railroads, Oklahoma railroads, Oregon railroads, Tennessee railroads, Texas railroads, Utah railroads, Washington (state) railroads and Wisconsin railroads.

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Union Station (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles Union Station is the main train station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Energy

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government.

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United States Post Office Department

The United States Post Office Department (USPOD; also known as the Post Office or U.S. Mail) was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, established in 1792.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense.

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United States Secretary of Transportation

The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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Via Rail

Via Rail Canada Inc., operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. Amtrak and Via Rail are class I railroads in North America and government-owned railway companies.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team

A Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team, sometimes Visible Intermodal Protection and Response (VIPR) is a Transportation Security Administration program.

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W. Graham Claytor Jr.

William Graham Claytor Jr. (March 14, 1912 – May 14, 1994) was an American attorney, United States Navy officer, and railroad, transportation and defense administrator for the United States government, working under the administrations of three US presidents.

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Warsaw, Indiana

Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington Terminal Company

The Washington Terminal Company is a corporation created in Washington, D.C., United States, to provide support to railroads using Washington's Union Station.

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Washington Union Station

Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters, the railroad's second-busiest station, and North America's 10th-busiest railroad station.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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West Side Line

The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Western United States

The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.

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Whirlpool Rapids Bridge

The Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, commonly known as the Whirlpool Bridge or the Lower Steel Arch Bridge (before 1937), is a spandrel braced, riveted, two-hinged arch bridge that crosses the Canada–United States border, connecting the commercial downtown districts of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.

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Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

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Williamson Daily News

The Williamson Daily News is a newspaper in Williamson, West Virginia.

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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WRGB

WRGB (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Schenectady, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of CBS.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Yvonne Pearl Burke (née Watson, later Brathwaite; born October 5, 1932) is an American politician and lawyer from California.

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117th United States Congress

The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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1950s American automobile culture

1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture.

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1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment

The 1971 Salem, Illinois derailment occurred on June 10, 1971, when Amtrak’s City of New Orleans passenger train derailed near Salem, Illinois.

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1987 Maryland train collision

On January 4, 1987, two trains collided on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line near Chase, Maryland, United States, at.

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1990 Back Bay, Massachusetts, train collision

The 1990 Back Bay, Massachusetts train collision was a collision between an Amtrak passenger train, the Night Owl, and a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Stoughton Line commuter train just outside Back Bay station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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1995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment

The 1995 Palo Verde derailment took place on October 9, 1995, when Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks.

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1996 Maryland train collision

On February 16, 1996, a MARC commuter train collided with Amtrak's Capitol Limited passenger train in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, killing three crew and eight passengers on the MARC train; a further eleven passengers on the same train and fifteen passengers and crew on the Capitol Limited were injured.

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1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash

On March 15, 1999, Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans passenger train collided with a semi-trailer truck in the village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States.

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2008 Chatsworth train collision

The 2008 Chatsworth train collision occurred at 4:22:23 p.m. PDT (23:22:23 UTC) on September 12, 2008, when a Union Pacific Railroad freight train and a Metrolink commuter rail passenger train collided head-on in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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2015 Philadelphia train derailment

The 2015 Philadelphia train derailment of a New York City-bound Amtrak train in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States resulted in multiple passenger injuries and deaths and disrupted Amtrak service for several days afterward due to the resulting investigation and removal of the wrecked train cars.

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2017 Washington train derailment

On December 18, 2017, Amtrak ''Cascades'' passenger train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, United States.

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2021 Montana train derailment

On September 25, 2021, at 3:56 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, Amtrak passenger train 7/27, the westbound Empire Builder, carrying 149 passengers and 16 crew members, derailed west of the town of Joplin, Montana, United States.

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2022 Missouri train derailment

On June 27, 2022, the Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, derailed near the small town of Mendon, Missouri.

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30th Street Station

30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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