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Amtrak restored the Empire Service brand with the June 11, 1972, timetable, and added individual train names on the May 19, 1974, timetable. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As was done on the Northeast Corridor with NortheastDirect , individual train names for New York-Albany and New York-Niagara Falls service were dropped on October 28, 1995, and replaced with ...
Ex-Southern Pacific EMD FP7 on the San Joaquin at Oakland in 1975The San Joaquins service runs over lines that once hosted several passenger trains a day. The top trains were the Golden Gate on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (predecessor to BNSF), and the San Joaquin Daylight on the Southern Pacific Railroad (later acquired by Union Pacific).
The fastest trips between New York Penn Station and Washington Union Station were scheduled for 2.5 hours, though some midday trains around 1980 had schedules as long as 4 hours. [ 1 ] Amtrak replaced Metroliner service with the high-speed Acela Express , which runs up to 150 mph (240 km/h) in revenue service.
The Superliner Sightseer Lounge aboard the Southwest Chief. Amtrak operates two types of long-distance trains: single-level and bi-level. Due to height restrictions on the Northeast Corridor, all six routes that terminate at New York Penn Station operate as single-level trains with Amfleet coaches and Viewliner sleeping cars.
The Palmetto is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 829-mile (1,334 km) route [3] between New York City and Savannah, Georgia, via the Northeast Corridor, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Amtrak officially assumed control on December 1, 2012, with trains in the section now dispatched by the Amtrak Control and Command Center in New York City. [ 15 ] From July 10 through September 1, 2017, six Empire Service trains (three round trips) used Grand Central Terminal as part of Amtrak's work to make repairs at Penn Station. [ 16 ]
In 2016, Amtrak added business class service to the Cardinal. [38] The Cardinal seasonally included a dome car prior to the car's retirement. [39] [40] Amtrak began replacing the older P40DC and P42DC locomotives with Siemens ALC-42 locomotives in 2023. [41] The Cardinal's typical consist as of July 2024 is made up of: P42DC or ALC-42 locomotive
The Pennsylvanian is a 444-mile (715 km) daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York City and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.The trains travel across the Appalachian Mountains, through Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and New Jersey en route to New York.