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2. Horizon (railcar) - Wikipedia

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   In 1988, Amtrak and Bombardier signed a contract for 104 Horizon cars, based on the Comet railcar, built for use on commuter railroads. The Horizon cars allowed Amtrak to add capacity to its fleet quickly since it was adapted from a proven design, and Bombardier Transportation was already in full production of Comet II railcars.

3. Surfliner (railcar) - Wikipedia

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   Surfliner cars were delivered in several types: coach cars, café/coach cars equipped for food sales on the lower level, business-class cars which have two small galleys to allow an attendant to offer complimentary beverage service, and coach/baggage/cab cars equipped with coach seating, a checked baggage space on the lower level, and engineer ...

4. Amtrak - Wikipedia

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   The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ ˈ æ m t r æ k /; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track.

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. Beech Grove Shops - Wikipedia

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   Amtrak purchased the facility from the bankrupt Penn Central in April 1975. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On September 20, 2002, an F2 tornado hit the shops, damaging Coach Shop 3, which was going to be torn down after the tornado; it had been used to overhaul Superliner passenger cars until 2000.

7. Passenger train toilet - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, Amtrak phased out its use of these toilets in the 1980s after waste from a Silver Meteor train crossing the St. Johns River in Florida, between Palatka and DeLand, landed on a fisherman who filed a lawsuit. [2] In the UK, at the end of 2019, hopper toilets on timetabled passenger services remained in use.

8. Acela Express (trainset) - Wikipedia

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   Altogether, Amtrak has identified 224 bridges along Acela's route that are beyond their design life. [35] To prepare for the Acela launch, Amtrak upgraded the track along the Connecticut shoreline east of New Haven to allow maximum speeds in excess of 110 mph (177 km/h). [36] West of New York City, the Acela's top speed is 135 mph (217 km/h). [29]

9. Viewliner - Wikipedia

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   The new baggage cars are used on all Amtrak trains with full baggage cars, both single-level and bi-level, and replaced all of the Heritage Fleet baggage cars that Amtrak inherited from the freight railroads when it was established in 1971. From 2016–2019, 25 Viewliner II dining cars entered service, which replaced all of the Heritage Fleet ...