Amtak started on May 1, 1971. I came across the list of the 20 railroads that joined Amtrak and I thought I’d throw this on the forum to see who can list some of them WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP !
CRI&P, CSS&SB, D&RGW, Georgia, Reading and Southern are not on the list.
The first 10 or so should be pretty easy.
PC=NYC-PRR-NYNH&H, BN= GN-NP-SP&S-CB&Q-C&S-FW&D, Milwauke Road, SP/T&NO, UP, MP/T&P, AT&SF, SCL, IC, GTW, GM&O, C&O/B&O, E-L, KCS, CV, L&N, N&W, NKP.
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head at 8:15 AM on the right coast. Maybe with a little more coffee and more aspirin can think of the rest.
1-AT&SF
2-B&O
3-BN
4-CoG
5-C&O
6-C&NW
7-CMSP&P
8-D&H
9-GTW
10-GM&O
11-IC
12-L&N
13-MP
14-N&W
15-NWP
16-PC
17-RF&P
18-SCL
19-SP
20-UP
This is from page 53 of the June 1991 Trains
I have the following 19 roads:
- ATSF
- B&O
- BN
- CofG (Central of Georgia)
- C&O
- C&NW
- D&H
- GTW
- GM&O
- IC
- L&N
- MILW
- MP
- N&W
- PC
- RF&P
- SCL
- SP
- UP
Non-joiners were: D&RGW, RI, Southern, Georgia RR, RDG, CSS&SB.
Lets see;
PC
SCL
NW
RF&P
FEC
ATSF
SP
BN
IC
CHESSIE
SR
IC
UP
MILW.
I can think of some. I think that B&M and CV still had NYC to Montreal trains. I am not sure if they quit before '71.
There was no NY-Montreal train via New England in 1971. The B&M, CV and New Haven jointly ran “The Montrealer” until 1966. It was restored by Amtrak in 1972 but nowadays it terminates at St. Albans and is called The Vermonter.