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  2. Amtrak Thruway - Wikipedia

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    Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services, transit buses, vans, taxis, ferry boats and commuter rail trains.

  3. Horizon (railcar) - Wikipedia

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    Amtrak was also able to finance the Horizon cars privately, making them the first railcars the railroad was able to purchase without securing federal funding. [ 2 ] Bombardier delivered the cars between 1989 and spring 1990, from its Barre, Vermont assembly plant in two basic types: 86 coaches and 18 food service cars. [ 3 ]

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  5. Superliner (railcar) - Wikipedia

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    Amtrak's new national timetable depicted a Superliner coach on the front cover, and the listing for the Empire Builder carried a heading which read "Amtrak's Superliner is Somethin' Special." [21] At the same time, Superliners entered service on the short-haul Pacific International and Mount Rainier in the Pacific Northwest. [22]

  6. Slumbercoach - Wikipedia

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    The Slumbercoach is an 85-foot-long, 24 single room, eight double room streamlined sleeping car.Built in 1956 by the Budd Company for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad for service on the Denver Zephyr, subsequent orders were placed in 1958 and 1959 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad for the Texas Eagle/National Limited, then in 1959 by the Northern ...

  7. Gallery Car - Wikipedia

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    Coach Coach/Cab Burlington Route: 1950–65 1965 Budd: Operating, rebuilt in 1973 700–740, 752, 781, 790–795 sold to MItrain. 796–815 816–820 7100–7121 Coach/Cab Coach Coach Burlington Northern: 1973 1973 1977–78 Operating 6001–6194 Coach Metra: 2002–05 Nippon Sharyo: 7200–7382 Milwaukee Road: 1961–80 Budd: 7400–7497 Metra ...

  8. Passenger railroad car - Wikipedia

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    A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) [1] is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers, usually giving them space to sit on train seats.

  9. Amfleet - Wikipedia

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    Amtrak announced an overhaul of the Amfleet I interiors in September 2017. [33] The following year, Amtrak began to investigate options to replace the Amfleet I cars altogether. [34] In January 2019, Amtrak issued a request for proposals to replace the 470 Amfleet I cars and ex-Metroliner cab cars then in use. [35] Proposals were due on May 1 ...