Amrail (American Rail, officially the American Passenger Rail, Co.) is a United States federal government-owned rail agency that provides long-distance rail in much of the United States. Amrail was formed as part of the National High-Speed Railroad Act of 1964 and the Railway Nationalization Act of 1970. Amrail was initially meant to provide exclusively for inter-city high-speed railroads, specifally between New York and Washington, D.C. Instead, it came to take over several long and medium-distance normal-gauge passenger lines as well in the 1970s. In 1983, the Commuter Rail Act was signed into law by President George Bush devolving the authority for Amrail to service commuter rail lines, particularly in the Midwest, back to state agencies, thus federalizing commuter railways and giving t