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Greetings to all: On this 50th anniversary of Amtrak, don't forget that the RF&P Railroad Historical Society is offering a great book on Amtrak's Auto Train. You can use the pdf attachment in the message above to order the book. Doug Riddell did a great job writing this. Thanks, Jim Musgrove...

Greetings to all: The Amtrak's Auto Train book is a standard size (8 1/2 by 11) book containing lots of photos and great text written by Doug Riddell, a former Amtrak engineer who also was an Amtrak photographer. My interest in promoting the book to the Forum members is to help share his...

railiner, The book has a lot of pictures and drawings of the equipment that was used on the Auto Train. I really think that members of this forum would enjoy it. This is a special Mail In offer and at a great price. I have attached the ordering file again (same as the one above). Jim Musgrove...

Anderson, According to the author, the story involves two fishermen in a boat fishing beneath a railroad bridge in Florida when an Amtrak train passes overhead and a passenger flushes the non-retention toilet. The case went to court and Mr. Claytor had to appear to defend the company. Jim Musgrove

Greetings to all Forum members. The Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Historical Society has published the book titled “Amtrak’s Auto Train” written by Doug Riddell, a former Seaboard RR and Amtrak employee. It is the story of how Amtrak and President Claytor rescued this train from...