Maple Leaf Rag to its publication, Joplin anticipated that the piece would be a success—he told Arthur Marshall that "The Maple Leaf will make me the king of ragtime composers". The exact circumstances which led to publication of the "Maple Leaf Rag" are unknown, and there are versions of the event which contradict each other. After approaching several publishers, Joplin signed a contract with John Stillwell Stark on August 10, 1899 for a $0.01 royalty on all sales of the rag, with a minimum sales price of $0.25. The "Maple Leaf Rag" was published between August 10 and September 20, 1899, when the
Maple Leaf (train) need for a crew exchange, the "Maple Leaf" was one of the last Amtrak trains to receive the new GE Genesis locomotive owing to the Via Rail's crews' unfamiliarity with the unit. The "Maple Leaf" retained the EMD F40PH until Via received its own Genesis locomotives in 2002. The Maple Leaf is one of four New York Amtrak routes that are primarily state funded with the others being the Adirondack, the Empire Service, and the Ethan Allen Express. Primary funding for these routes is from the New York State Department of Transportation rather than federal funding. On April 10, 2018,