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Bombardier Transportation built 104 cars from 1988 to 1990 in two basic types: coaches and food service (café) cars. The first Horizon cars entered revenue service in April 1989. The majority of the fleet was assigned to the short-haul (300 miles or less) intercity routes out of Chicago that operate under the Amtrak Midwest branding.
Amtrak Midwest is a brand name applied by Amtrak to its state-supported routes in the Midwest states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Missouri. [1] As of May 2024, Amtrak Midwest consists of eleven named trains: Borealis; Hiawatha; Illinois Service: Lincoln Service, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, and Illini and Saluki
A line of Amtrak Midwest Siemens Venture cars in Chicago's 14th Street Coach Yard. Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin have ordered 97 Venture cars for the Amtrak Midwest routes, including the Blue Water, Hiawatha, Illini and Saluki, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg, Lincoln Service, Missouri River Runner, Pere Marquette, and Wolverine ...
Amtrak operates a fleet of 2,142 railway cars and 425 locomotives for revenue runs and service, collectively called rolling stock.Notable examples include the GE Genesis and Siemens Charger diesel locomotives, the Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive, the Amfleet series of single-level passenger cars, the Superliner series of double-decker passenger cars, and 20 Acela Express high-speed trainsets.
Amtrak has delayed the rollout of its upcoming high-speed Acela trains to 2024. The new trains will have more seats, speed, and comfort. See inside the upcoming train cars with a modernized cafe ...
[2] 10 cars (numbered in the 6x5x series) are used to supplement the Amtrak-owned cars on the Pacific Surfliner and the other 12 (numbered in the 6x6x series) are used to expand the fleet used on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin. [3] These were the final Surfliner cars to be built and delivery was completed in 2002. [citation needed]
The standard Hoosier State consisted two coaches (generally Amtrak's short-distance Horizon equipment) and a Horizon or Amfleet cafe car. In addition to standard food service, the cafe car allowed for Business Class seating and complimentary WiFi. Motive power was commonly a General Electric Genesis P42DC locomotive. [36]
A normal Amtrak Illinois Zephyr or Carl Sandburg consists of: [14] [15] One Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive; Two to Three Amtrak Midwest Siemens Venture coaches; One Amfleet I or Horizon fleet Cafe/Business class car