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Auto Train links Harrisburg to Disney World amid gas crisis
Auto Train carried a Pennsylvania family 2056 miles to Florida with 1712 miles by rail at 273 dollars per person round trip. The service started December 6 1971 with Louisville Sanford and Lorton Sanford routes, carrying 590000 passengers and 204000 cars, aided by a 7 million stock sale and 52 percent revenue growth.
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William G. Williams
Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania
Disney World
Florida
Auto-Train
United States
Lorton
Washington
Sanford
Fla
Midwest
Louisville
Lorton-Sanford
Auto-Train Corp
Eugene Kerik Garfield
Secretary of Transportation
Congress
Garfield
Transportation Department