amtrak

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/ˈæmˌtɹæk/

proper noun

A US passenger railway (incorporated as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation).

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amtrak1

nounamtrak (plural amtraks)

plural amtraks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of amtrac (“amphibious vehicle”).

Amtrak2

proper noun
  1. USrail transportA US passenger railway (incorporated as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation).

    Trains are fuller under Amtrak, but it is thought to be largely because there are fewer trains.

    1969, School Mathematics Study Group, Studies in mathematics, volumes 19-20, page 8
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    Its pitifully small appropriation of $40 million already gone, Amtrak has asked Congress for another $170 million to keep the trains running through mid-1973.

    1971, “Give the trains a chance”, in Life, page 42

    The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.

    1999, Bernd Schmitt, Experiential marketing, page 39

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APA

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Chicago

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