On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 10:20:31 AM UTC-4, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:   
   > >In early Amtrak literature and New York Times articles it was "Amtrak."   
   >   
   > Depends how early.  They actually got far enough to label some equipment   
   > as "Amtrack"; I've got pictures around somewhere of either a Turbo or   
   > Metroliner coach in "Amtrack" livery.  I'll dig.   
      
   The earliest reference to "Amtrak"--searching back to the beginning--was an   
   article of 4/20/1971, stating that "Amtrak" would replace "Railpax" and the   
   deployment of the arrow logo.   
      
   There was a reference to an "amtrak", a 35 ton military amphibious vehicle in   
   Vietnam, but that isn't relevant to our purposes.   
      
   The only references to "Amtrack" in the NYT were to a WW II military   
   amphibious vehicle.   
      
   So, it would appear that "Amtrack" was never used for passenger train   
   service.  Originally it was called Railpax, and that evolved directly into   
   Amtrak.   
      
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