News photo: Amtrak wraps locomotive to promote King Tut event

News photo: Amtrak wraps locomotive to promote King Tut event

By Trains Staff | August 1, 2022

| Last updated on February 23, 2024


ACS64 marks National Geographic event in Boston, Washington

Locomotive wrapped in blue and gold design featuring King Tut mask
Amtrak has wrapped an ACS64 locomotive to promote a King Tut event in Boston and Washington, D.C. Gary Pancavage

WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s has specially wrapped one of its ACS64 electric locomotives to promote a National Geographic exhibit on King Tut in Boston and Washington.

This is not the first time Amtrak and King Tut have been linked. An Amtrak Cascades F59PHI was wrapped to promote a King Tut exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in 2012.

The current exhibit, “Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience,” marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. It is appearing at at SoWa Power Station in Boston through Oct. 2, then moves to the National Geographic Museum in Washington.

— Updated at 10:38 a.m. CDT to correct location of exhibit.

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