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It would be difficult to overstate Boyd's contribution to the hobby.

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Aww, he seemed like he might be an interesting person to meet one day. I enjoyed the story I read in the very beginning, about how he road away on his tricycle as a kid and got caught on the rails in a street running section of railroad through town. They weren't kidding when they mentioned his writing skills!

There were some softcover books published in the late 70s and early 80s as Amtrak car spotters guides that had equipment rosters and floor plan diagrams. I don't recall titles or authors at the moment.

There is also AMTRAK By The Numbers, 1971 - 2011 available now.

And early issues of Passenger Train Journal had regular Amtrak consist updates.

I've spotted "Amtrak By the Numbers" at the SEPTA store in Philadelphia, though right now i'm not prepared to drop $80 on the book, I might wait until it drops in price. It sorta suffers from the same problem that my current Amtrak source does (Amtrak Annual 1978-1979). It makes a big list of cars and their origins, and while Amtrak By the Numbers seems to have more, better pictures, it is still essentially a giant list of railcars and locomotives.


Those spotters guides might be useful, I'll have to look into them. As far as the Passenger Train Journal goes, there is another one I might have to pursue, depending on when they began publishing. I'm trying to find consist information on the Morning and Evening Liberty Express, which seems to be left out of most books. I'm told the trains had a brief existence though.