Missouri River Runner
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The Missouri River Runner is a 283-mile (455 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak in Missouri between Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis and Union Station in Kansas City. The eastern half of the route runs largely along the right bank of the Missouri River.
Missouri River Runner at Kirkwood, MO in 2010
Amtrak
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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