List of Amtrak rolling stock

Amtrak operates a fleet of passenger train rolling stock consisting of predominantly custom-built equipment. The active fleet includes some 240 diesel locomotives, 66 electric locomotives, 1,408 passenger cars and 20 Acela Express high-speed trainsets. Amtrak also operates 196 locomotives and railcars owned wholly by state partners.

Current

Locomotives

Amtrak operates diesel, electric, and dual-mode (diesel or electric) locomotives. Its electric locomotives are confined to the Northeast Corridor and the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, dual-mode locomotives are only used in the Empire Corridor between Albany and New York, and the diesel locomotives are used in all other areas across in the United States.

Passenger cars

As of late 2018, Amtrak rostered 1,408 passenger cars of various types. These include coaches, lounges, dining cars, sleeping cars, baggage cars and crew/dormitory cars.

Trainsets

Business cars

Amtrak business cars.jpg, Three of Amtrak's business cars on the back of the ''Blue Water'' in 2011: the ''Pacific Cape'', ''Ocean View'', and ''Beech Grove''.
American View (17299648602).jpg, Amtrak's American View business and inspection car

In addition to its regular fleet, Amtrak owns several business and track geometry cars:
* #10001 ''Beech Grove'', an "Amfleet office car" used for official business by the Amtrak president and other VIPs. This unique car has an open observation platform, lounge seating area, dining room, kitchen and 2 sleeping accommodations, as well as has lights, GPS equipment and a camera to inspect tracks for defects. The car was repurposed in 2020 with a LiDAR Laser Measurement System.
* #10002 ''Corridor Clipper'', an Amfleet I-based track geometry car. It is periodically attached to the end of a diesel or electric revenue-running train or is hauled by a locomotive only. The car has a special pantograph that is used to test and measure overhead lines.
* #10003, an unnamed ''Acela''-based track geometry car. It is periodically inserted into an ''Acela Express'' consist between a power car (locomotive) and the nearest end car, resulting in a train with two power cars and seven intermediate cars rather than the normal six.
* #10004 ''American View'', a Viewliner-based "inspection car" with rear-facing seats and large glass window at the end of the car that allows passengers to observe the tracks. The car can also be used by maintenance crews to visually inspect the tracks for defects and by the Amtrak president and other executives for official purposes. Originally numbered #2301, the ''American View'' is one of the three prototype Viewliner cars and was the last passenger railcar produced by Budd.
* #10005, an unnamed catenary measurement car. Like car #10002 ''Corridor Clipper'', this car has a special pantograph that is used to test and measure overhead lines.
* #10020 ''Pacific Bend'', a heritage Pacific-series 10-6 sleeper formally used by Union Pacific, now converted for crew use on special trains. Four roomettes remain for staff use, five roomettes have been converted to storage areas and one has been converted into a shower. The bedrooms have been removed and replaced with a crew lounge.
* #10021 ''Pacific Cape'', a heritage Pacific-series 10-6 sleeper now converted for crew use on special trains. It is usually used along with the ''Beech Grove'' for official business by the Amtrak president and other VIPs.
* #9800 ''Metroliner'', a former Metroliner electric multiple unit cafe converted to be used as a first class conference car. Primarily used on charter services on the Northeast Corridor. The car is broken up into 3 areas, one end of the car has 12 business class seats in a 2+1 configuration, the middle has a cafe, and the other end has conference areas (a large private conference room with 8 seats around a large table, 2 medium-sized semi-private conference sections with 4 seats around a table and 2 small semi-private conference sections with 2 seats around a table). The car at one time had cab controls that have since been removed

Former (Amtrak purchased)

This is a partial listing of locomotives and rolling stock formerly operated by Amtrak. This does not include equipment inherited from private railroads (see #Inherited)

Locomotives

AMTK 315 Tun17 CZ Nwcstle Mar1995RP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg, EMD F40PHR#315 leads the ''California Zephyr'' out of Tunnel #17 near Newcastle, California in 1995.
AMTK 629 with 5 Emi gap Feb 1978xRP - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg, EMD SDP40F#629 with the ''San Francisco Zephyr'' in 1978.
E60 604.jpg, GE E60#604 at 30th Street Station in 1997.

Trainsets

Former (inherited)

Locomotives

Amtrak San Joaquin east of Martinez, May 1974.jpg, EMD E9 "A" and "B" units with the '' San Joaquin'' in 1974.
Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr.jpg, EMD FP7 leading the ''San Francisco Zephyr'' in 1975.
Amtrak No 904.jpg, Amtrak 904 westbound at Harrison, New Jersey in June 1975
United Aircraft TurboTrain at Transpo '72.jpg, UAC TurboTrain at Transpo '72.
Metroliner (NYC 1972).jpg, Budd Metroliner 851 in 1972.

Amtrak inherited numerous locomotives from private railroads on its formation in 1971. Most of these were retired by the end of the decade, if not earlier. These locomotives are enumerated below, with their original owners.

Trainsets and multiple units

Passenger cars

See also

* Amtrak paint schemes
* Budd SPV-2000, Connecticut-owned diesel multiple units which Amtrak operated in the 1980s–1990s

Notes

References

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External links

Amtrak Photo Archives

Fleet Revitalization Plans, Page 3

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