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2025 Amtrak A U.S. Railroad Oregon and California
Amtrak's network includes over 500 stations along 21,400 miles (34,000 km) of track. It directly owns approximately 623 miles (1,003 km) of this track and operates an additional 132 miles (212 km) of track; the remaining mileage is over rail lines owned by other railroad companies. [from wikipedia]
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2025 Amtrak, Trip South, A U.S. Railroad, Oregon and California

When Amtrak took over, passenger cars and locomotives initially retained the paint schemes and logos of their former owners which resulted in Amtrak's running trains with mismatched colors – the "Rainbow Era".[from wikipedia]


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