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Other Amtrak nicknames include “Amcrap,” “Amquack” and “Amtrash.”
Wikipedia: Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to nine Canadian cities.
Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail services, it receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit organization. Amtrak’s headquarters is located one block west of Union Station in Washington, D.C.
Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains daily over 21,400 miles (34,000 km) of track. (...) The name Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and trak, the latter itself a sensational spelling of track.
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Railroad Nicknames Oct. 1997
Tom Stolte
9/30/97
(...)
Amtrak
Amcrash
Amtrash
Amcrap
Amquack
Original Hobo Nickel Society
Railroad Nicknames −by Christopher D. Coleman, 3/1/2002
(...)
Amtrak
AmCrash
AmTrash
AmWreck
Amcrap
Amquack
Animaltrak
Anthrax
Anthrax
Slamtrack
Animal Krackers
Original Hobo Nickel Society
Railroad Nicknames −by Jon Macleod, texas_madman_1999, Jan 10, 2008
(...)
Amtrak
AmCrash
AmTrash
AmWreck
Amcrap
Amquack
Animaltrak
Anthrax
Slamtrack
Animal Krackers
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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