AMTRAK PASSENGERS BOARD THE SOUTHBOUND SAN DIEGAN AS IT MAKES A NIGHTTIME STOP AT THE FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, STATION. AMTRAK CAME INTO BEING WITH THE RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION TO MANAGE THE BASIC NATIONAL RAIL NETWORK AND OPERATE MOST U.S INTERCITY PASSENGER TRAINS UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE NATION'S RAILROADS