Video: 'The History of Amtrak - National Rail Passenger Corp. | Multicolor Films'

(Saturday, May 1, 1971, 12:01 a.m. EDT) — The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, a passenger railroad service that provides medium and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to nine Canadian cities, began operations early today as a quasi-public corporation.
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