Amtrak Investment Act. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives One Hundred Third Congress Second Session on H.R. 4111, A Bill to authorize appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and for Other Purposes, March 23, 1994
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 24 cm. 182 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Serial No. 103-135. The legislation that was being consider was related to authorizing necessary capital funding to allow Amtrak to acquire new and modern equipment in order to upgrade services,and as well to modernize its maintenance facilities to ensure that current equipment would be maintained efficiently and would perform effectively. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium and long-distance inter-city rail service in the contiguous United States and to nine cities in Canada. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak, the latter itself a sensational spelling of track. Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization. The United States federal government through the Secretary of Transportation owns all the company's issued and outstanding preferred stock. Amtrak's headquarters is located one block west of Union Station in Washington, D.C. Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains daily over 21,400 miles of track. Amtrak owns approximately 623 miles of this track and operates an additional 132 miles of track. Some track sections allow trains to run as fast as 150 mph. Condition: very good.
Keywords: George Mitchell, U.S. Congress, Hearings, Railroads, Amtrak, Transportation, Economic Development, H. R. 4111, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
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