The Downeaster is a 145-mile (233 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak and managed by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA), an agency of the state of Maine. Named for the Down East region of Maine, the train operates five daily round trips between North Station in Boston, Massachusetts, and Brunswick, Maine, with ten intermediate stops.
A Downeaster train travelling through Scarborough Marsh in 2002
A Downeaster special train at Brunswick Maine Street Station in June 2012, five months before the start of service
The maintenance facility under construction in July 2016
A typical Downeaster consists of 4 coaches, a business/café car and a Non-Powered Control Unit, drawn by a GE Genesis P42
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak, the latter itself a sensational spelling of track.
The Southwest Chief, one of Amtrak's long-distance trains in the Western United States, in Laguna, New Mexico
The Pennsylvania Railroad's Congressional in the 1960s
The North Coast Hiawatha near Yakima, Washington, in July 1971, an example of early Amtrak "rainbow" consists, made up of equipment still painted in the colors of various railroads
Classic Amtrak logo displayed at the Oakland – Jack London Square station, California
