The following documents, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation and related organizations over the past several decades, shed light on the development of high-speed ground transportation, intercity rail passenger service, and the general railroad network in the United States. They do NOT purport to describe the existing system or pending projects, and are made available to the public solely as a service to historians of transportation and other interested persons in an effort to preserve and make accessible the corporate memory of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration.

1998: Privatization of Rail Passenger Service in the United States   (March 1998)
1994: Northeast Corridor Transportation Plan - New York to Boston - Volume 1   (July 1994)
1994: Northeast Corridor Transportation Plan - New York to Boston - Volume 2 (appendixes)
1986: Northeast Corridor - Achievement and Potential   (Nov 1986)
1984: Northeast Corridor - History of Running Times, Passenger Trains   (Oct 1984)
1979: Final Report to Congress on the Amtrak Route System   (Jan 1979)
1979: Northeast Corridor Improvement Project - Redirection Study   (Jan 1979)
1978: Two-Year Report on the Northeast Corridor   (Feb 1978)
1978: A Reexamination of the Amtrak Route Structure   (May 1978)
1971: Final Report on Basic National Rail Passenger System   (Jan 1971)
1970: The Needs and Desires of Travelers in the Northeast Corridor   (Feb 1970)