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The deluxe sleeping car contains ten bedrooms, four roomettes, a family bedroom, and an accessible bedroom. [66] As built, the standard sleeping car could hold a maximum of 44 passengers. The Superliner I sleeping car weighs 167,000 pounds (75,750 kg); the Superliner II sleeping car weighs 160,275 pounds (72,700 kg).
Amtrak's Superliner is a two-story train fleet that runs on routes west of Chicago and New Orleans, including the California Zephyr. The cars are roughly 30 to 50 years old, and Amtrak plans to ...
The California Zephyr runs from Chicago to San Francisco on Amtrak's Superliner fleet, which comprises two-story coach and first-class sleeper cars, as well as a dining car and an observation car.
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.
Viewliner II baggage car; Superliner transition sleeper; 2 Superliner sleepers; Superliner diner; Superliner Sightseer Lounge; 1 Superliner coach; 1 Superliner coach/baggage car; As with the other long-distance routes, Amtrak plans to fully replace the P42DCs with ALC-42 locomotives by 2027, and the Superliner cars with new long-distance cars ...
Amtrak plans to eventually re-add a Superliner transition sleeper to the train. [ 48 ] As with other long-distance routes, Amtrak plans to replace the P42DCs with Siemens ALC-42 locomotives by 2027, and the Superliner cars with new long-distance cars by 2032.
Pre-COVID, a typical Capitol Limited had 2 GE P40DC/P42DC locomotives, a Viewliner II baggage car, a Superliner transition sleeper, 2 Superliner sleepers, a Superliner dining car or diner-lounge, a Superliner Sightseer Lounge, and 3 Superliner coaches. The transition sleeper, Sightseer Lounge, and one coach were removed during pandemic cutbacks.
The Texas Eagle formerly carried a Superliner Sightseer Lounge car. It was removed from the train in October 2020 in response to reduced demand from the COVID-19 pandemic but is expected to return in March 2025. [21] [22] Amtrak plans to replace the P42DCs with modern Siemens ALC-42 locomotives by 2027, and the Superliner cars with new long ...