Now I have “All aboard America, all aboard Amtrak” stuck in my head

February 24th, 2009 at 09:08am Thomas V. Bona

(Thanks to Infrastructurist - a new favorite blog here at the Passenger Seat - for the heads up.)

Many of these were before my time, but of course I remember that jingle. Talk about iconic.

Infrastructurist makes a good point about Amtrak, in light of the stimulus talk:

But these ads also underscore that for more than 30 years, Amtrak has been a static entity. Adjusting for hair styles and production fads, the spots from the Ford administration could still be running today. The only substantive development that your average passenger could point to in the last three decades would be the introduction of high-speed Acela service in late 2000 (a year behind schedule).

The $8 billion in rail funding that Obama demanded be in the stimulus package probably marks the beginning of a new age of rail in this country. … Which probably means Amtrak should get a new ad agency.

Bonus trivia question - who sang the “All aboard America, all aboard Amtrak” jingle?

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