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===Citations=== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="winner">{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_5FYAAAAIBAJ&pg=7076%2C60999|title=Amtrak winner|date=May 1, 1971|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=UPI|location=Washington, D.C.|page=12|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502191632/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_5FYAAAAIBAJ&pg=7076,60999|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="last court test">{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_rteAAAAIBAJ&pg=2580%2C5320|title=Last court test fails to clear Amtrak rails|date=May 1, 1971|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|agency=Associated Press|location=Idaho|page=1|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502191633/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_rteAAAAIBAJ&pg=2580,5320|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="FY18 profile">{{cite report |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Corporate-Profile-FY2018-0319.pdf |title=Amtrak Company Profile (FY 2018) |date=March 1, 2019 |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412001109/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Corporate-Profile-FY2018-0319.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=October 26, 2021|title=September 2021 Monthly Performance Report|url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/monthlyperformancereports/2021/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-September-2021.pdf#page=5|url-status=live|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217090806/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/monthlyperformancereports/2021/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-September-2021.pdf#page=5}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=2020 Corporate Profile|url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Company-Profile-FY2020-041921.pdf#page=3|url-status=live|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129041959/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Company-Profile-FY2020-041921.pdf#page=3}}</ref> <ref name="Stover-1997-219">{{Harvnb|Stover|1997|p=219}}</ref> <ref name="NiceD">{{Cite book |title=Amtrak: The History and Politics of a National Railroad |last=Nice |first=David C. |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-55587-734-7 |page=24}}</ref> <ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://history.amtrak.com/amtraks-history/1980s |title=1980s—Building a Dream |website=Amtrak: History of America's Railroad |access-date=August 14, 2017 |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814223431/https://history.amtrak.com/amtraks-history/1980s |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="surprising forecast">{{cite news |last1=Wald |first1=Matthew L. |last2=Phillips |first2=Don |title=Surprising Forecast for Amtrak: Growth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/washington/23amtrak.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 23, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-date=June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618083214/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/washington/23amtrak.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Boardman selected">{{Cite press release |title=Amtrak Selects Transportation Industry Veteran as President & CEO |date=November 25, 2008 |publisher=Amtrak |url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1178294246438&ssid=180 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229110217/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak%2Fam2Copy%2FNews_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1178294246438&ssid=180 |archive-date=December 29, 2008}}</ref> <ref name="WaPoAnderson">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/06/26/amtrak-names-new-chief-executive/ |title=Amtrak names new chief executive |last=Aratani |first=Lori |date=June 26, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 27, 2017 |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626205955/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/06/26/amtrak-names-new-chief-executive/ |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="bts-energy">Figures are from 2008. {{cite web |url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_04_20.html |title=Table 4-20: Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes |website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007061308/http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_04_20.html |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 25, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="bts-ontime">Figures from 2012. {{cite web |url=http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_73.html |title=Table 1-73: Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause |website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics |access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430045955/http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_73.html |archive-date=April 30, 2014 |url-status=dead}}; {{cite web |title=Table 1-66: Flight Operations Arriving On Time by the Largest U.S. Air Carriers |work=Bureau of Transportation Statistics |access-date=March 30, 2014 |url=http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115015110/http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_66.html |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="amtrakrewards">{{cite web |url=http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/ |title=Guest Rewards |website=Amtrakguestrewards.com |access-date=November 23, 2012 |archive-date=December 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213185404/https://amtrakguestrewards.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Lounges">{{Cite web |title=Station Lounges |url=https://www.amtrak.com/station-lounges |access-date=December 30, 2022 |website=Amtrak |language=en |archive-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230172604/https://www.amtrak.com/station-lounges |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Dobney Baker Quinn Chapman 2009">{{cite journal |last1=Dobney |first1=K. |last2=Baker |first2=C. J. |last3=Quinn |first3=A. D. |last4=Chapman |first4=L. |date=June 2009 |title=Quantifying the effects of high summer temperatures due to climate change on buckling and rail related delays in south-east United Kingdom |journal=Meteorological Applications |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=245–251 |bibcode=2009MeApp..16..245D |doi=10.1002/met.114 |s2cid=56429333}}</ref> <ref name="FY13 business plan">{{cite report |url=http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/345/484/AmtrakFY13-Budget-Comprehensive-Business-Plan-w-appx-052413.pdf |title=Amtrak FY13 Comprehensive Business Plan |date=May 2013 |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=October 8, 2013 |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011233717/http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/345/484/AmtrakFY13-Budget-Comprehensive-Business-Plan-w-appx-052413.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="railroadingscuts">{{cite web |url=http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=23903 |title=Senate committee ups Amtrak appropriation, cuts high-speed rail funding |date=July 23, 2010 |website=Progressive Railroading |access-date=December 29, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813111019/http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=23903 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Vranich 2004">{{Harvnb|Vranich|2004}}</ref> }}
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