From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 4:55:36 PM UTC-5, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 4:33:27 PM UTC-5, danny burstein wrote:   
      
   > > >Why do you always try to insert a c into Amtrak's trademark"   
   > > Back when Usenet was a thing one of our roving correspondents   
   > > actually tracked down some of the early paperwork in which,   
   > > yes, they spelled it "Amtrack".   
   >   
   > Except there is no proof of that.  It was shown that the original   
   > nickname was supposed to be Railpax, but that was changed very   
   > early on to Amtrak.  There was never a 'c' in it.   
   >   
   > Indeed, even if the story was true, it was so long ago and so   
   > short lived it is still meaningless.   
      
   Oh, I like Railpax! It has both "peace" and "passengers" in it.   
      
   Though these days they might make it Railcuss for "customers" (and ...)   
      
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