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Am⋅trak

   [am-trak]
–noun
a government-subsidized public corporation created by Congress in 1970 to operate a national intercity passenger railroad system through contracts with existing railroads.
Origin:
Am(erican) tra(vel on trac)k
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Amtrak 
1971, contraction of American Track. The government-run company also is known as National Railway Passenger Corp.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Amtrak
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (from "American track")

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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