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Select footage courtesy the AP Archive
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References:
[1] skift.com/2016/10/11/delta-air-lines-chairman-resigns-effective-immediately
[2] businessinsider.com/amtrak-why-so-expensive-america-train-system-2019-3?r=US&IR=T
[3] bts.gov/content/amtrak-time-performance-trends-and-hours-delay-cause
[4] amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/businessplanning/Amtrak-Service-Line-Plans-FY20-24.pdf
[5] bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-20/amtrak-ceo-has-no-love-lost-for-dining-cars-long-haul-routes
[6] thepointsguy.com/news/amtrak-plans-to-expand-new-nonstop-acela-service-from-new-york
[7] transportation.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Anderson%20Testimony.pdf
[8] nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-High-Speed-Train-is-Shovel-Ready-565182232.html
[9] forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2019/10/31/billionaire-branson-gets-billions-in-bonds-to-launch-vegas-to-california-train-service/#f5ffad276604
[10] trn.trains.com/bonus/amtrak
[11] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_wave_of_January_1977
[12] amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Economic-Contribution-Brochure-083016.pdf
Get the perfect suitcase for $20 off by going to awaytravel.com/wendover20 and using the promo code “wendover20
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Other emails: sam@wendover.productions
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Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net)
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster
Music by epidemicsound.com
Select footage courtesy the AP Archive
UNSW photo courtesy Sardaka, University of Sydney photo courtesy Jason Tong
References:
[1] skift.com/2016/10/11/delta-air-lines-chairman-resigns-effective-immediately
[2] businessinsider.com/amtrak-why-so-expensive-america-train-system-2019-3?r=US&IR=T
[3] bts.gov/content/amtrak-time-performance-trends-and-hours-delay-cause
[4] amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/businessplanning/Amtrak-Service-Line-Plans-FY20-24.pdf
[5] bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-20/amtrak-ceo-has-no-love-lost-for-dining-cars-long-haul-routes
[6] thepointsguy.com/news/amtrak-plans-to-expand-new-nonstop-acela-service-from-new-york
[7] transportation.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Anderson%20Testimony.pdf
[8] nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-High-Speed-Train-is-Shovel-Ready-565182232.html
[9] forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2019/10/31/billionaire-branson-gets-billions-in-bonds-to-launch-vegas-to-california-train-service/#f5ffad276604
[10] trn.trains.com/bonus/amtrak
[11] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_wave_of_January_1977
[12] amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/nationalfactsheets/Amtrak-Economic-Contribution-Brochure-083016.pdf
