From: ahk@chinet.com

XPost: nyc.transit

mroberds@att.net wrote:
>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".

>I have read that the public name was originally going to be "Railpax",
>but the change to "Amtrak" came in pretty late in the game.  I haven't
>heard about the "track" vs "trak" spelling.

>On the other hand, I wasn't around at the time.

"Railpax" was a reference to the authorizing legislation, Railroad
Passenger Service Act of 1970. Fortunately, common sense prevailed before
that was used as the service mark and brand name. It's horrid.

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