President Joseph Biden will participate in a ceremony on Saturday to mark Amtrak’s 50th anniversary.
The White House said the event will be held at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station where Biden also is expected to promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.
Biden became known as “Amtrak Joe” during his time as a senator when he commuted on Amtrak between Wilmington, Delaware, and Washington on a near-daily basis.
As vice president under Barack Obama Biden continued to sometimes ride Amtrak
Amtrak is expected to showcase some of its special livery locomotives during the Philadelphia event, including the Salute to Veterans ACS-46 and two P42DC locomotives that have received 50th-anniversary inspired liveries.
The latter includes the Midnight Blue No. 100 and No. 46, which has the current livery with a large 50th anniversary herald.
Other locomotives are slated to receive heritage and/or specially designed schemes, but those units have yet to be released for revenue service.
The Midnight Blue unit was released from the Beech Grove Shops near Indianapolis last weekend and was the trailing unit on Monday night’s Capitol Limited that departed Chicago en route to Washington.
In a related development, Amtrak said Thursday it is selling 50 percent off tickets to mark its anniversary.
The fares are available on select routes and come with a maximum fare of $50 per segment.
Reservations must be booked between April 28 and May 5 for travel between June 2 and Nov. 14.
More details and bookings can be done at Amtrak.com. Terms and conditions apply.
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