On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 5:51:08 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:   
   > I have this nagging memory that back in 1971,   
   > when the National Railroad Passenger Administration   
   > was considering a new name, they considered   
   > using "Amtrack" (with the "c") before they   
   > settled on "Amtrak".   
      
   In early Amtrak literature and New York Times articles it was "Amtrak."   
      
   Prior to that it was gonna be called Railpax.   
      
      
   > I seem to recall someone or another actually   
   > finding official documents with the longer   
   > name from that time and ref'ing them here   
   > or in another train oriented group.   
      
   Never seen any literature or heard any reference to "Amtrack".   
      
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