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===Sources=== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite book |last=Carper |first=Robert S. |title=American Railroads in Transition; The Passing of the Steam Locomotives |year=1968 |publisher=A. S. Barnes |isbn=978-0-498-06678-8}} * {{cite book|last=Edmonson |first=Harold A.|title=Journey to Amtrak: The year history rode the passenger train|publisher=Kalmbach Books|year=2000|isbn=978-0-89024-023-6}} * {{cite book |last=Glischinski |first=Steve |title=Santa Fe Railway |date=1997 |location=Osceola, Wisconsin |publisher=Motorbooks International |isbn=978-0-7603-0380-1}} * {{cite web |author=[[Government Accountability Office]] |title=Amtrak Management: Systemic Problems Require Actions to Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability |url=http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06145.pdf |access-date=November 23, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125143343/http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06145.pdf |archive-date=November 25, 2005 |url-status=dead |date=October 2005}} * {{cite report |title=Railroad Passenger Train Deficit |last=Hosmer |first=Howard |year=1958 |publisher=Interstate Commerce Commission |docket=31954 |display-authors=etal}} * {{Cite book |last=Karr |first=Ronald Dale |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1038017689 |title=The Rail Lines of Southern New England |publisher=Branch Line Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-942147-12-4 |edition=2nd |location=Pepperell, Massachusetts |oclc=1038017689 |access-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024110057/https://www.worldcat.org/title/rail-lines-of-southern-new-england-a-handbook-of-railroad-history/oclc/1038017689?referer=br&ht=edition |archive-date=October 24, 2021 |url-status=live}} * {{cite book |last=McCommons |first=James |title=Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service |date=2009 |location=White River Junction, Vermont |publisher=Chelsea Green |isbn=978-1-60358-064-9}} * {{cite journal |last=McKinney |first=Kevin |title=At the dawn of Amtrak |journal=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |date=June 1991 |pages=34–41 |oclc=23730369 }} * {{cite web |author=[[Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation]] |title=Analysis of the Causes of AMTRAK Train Delays |publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]] |url=http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo41459/AMTRAK%20Delays%20Report%5E7-10-12.pdf |date=July 10, 2012 |oclc=862979061}} * {{cite book|last1=Peterman|first1=David Randall|title=Amtrak: Overview|date=September 28, 2017|publisher=Congressional Research Service|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44973.pdf}} * {{Sanders-Heartland}} * {{Saunders-Merging Lines}} * {{cite book |last=Saunders |first=Richard |title=Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970–2002 |date=2003 |location=DeKalb, Illinois |publisher=[[Northern Illinois University Press]] |isbn=0-87580-316-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/mainlinesrebirth0000saun}} * {{Schafer-American passenger train}} * {{cite journal |last=Schafer |first=Mike |title=Amtrak's Atlas: 1971–1991 |journal=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] |date=June 1991}} * {{Solomon-Amtrak}} * {{cite book |last=Stover |first=John F. |title=American Railroads |date=1997 |edition=2nd |location=Chicago |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |isbn=0-226-77657-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/americanrailroad00stov}} * {{cite book |title=Reprieve for the Iron Horse: The AMTRAK Experiment–Its Predecessors and Prospects |publisher=Claitor's Publishing Division |last=Thoms |first=William E. |year=1973 |location=Baton Rouge, LA |oclc=1094744}} * {{cite book |last=Vranich |first=Joseph |title=Derailed: What Went Wrong and What to Do about America's Passenger Trains |location=New York |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |year=1997 |isbn=0-3121-7182-X |url=https://archive.org/details/derailedwhatwent00vran}} * {{cite book |last=Vranich |first=Joseph |title=End of the Line: The Failure of Amtrak Reform and the Future of America's Passenger Trains |year=2004 |publisher=[[AEI Press]] |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=0-8447-4203-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/endoflinefailure00vran}} * {{cite book |last=Wilner |first=Frank N. |title=The Amtrak Story |year=1994 |location=Omaha, NE |publisher=Simmons-Boardman |isbn=0-9113-8216-X |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780911382167}} * {{cite book|last=Zimmermann|first=Karl R.|title=Amtrak at Milepost 10|publisher=PTJ Publishing|year=1981|isbn=0-937658-06-5}} {{refend}}
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