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 Message 3159 
 mroberds@att.net to danny burstein 
 Re: regarding "amtrak" vs. "amtrack" 
 13 May 15 17:51:44 
 
XPost: nyc.transit

In misc.transport.rail.americas 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.

Matt Roberds

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