List of Amtrak rolling stock

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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 also operates 196 locomotives and railcars owned wholly by state partners. [1]

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The railroad is currently working to replace its fleet, spending $2.4 billion on 28 Avelia Liberty trainsets for its flagship Acela service and $7.3 billion for 65 Airo trainsets for other Northeast Corridor services. Additionally, California, North Carolina, and a group of Midwestern states purchased Siemens Venture trainsets for use on routes operated by Amtrak in their states, which started entering service in 2022. In 2023, Amtrak announced it had made a request for proposals, looking to replace hundreds of railcars used on long-distance routes. [2]

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 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. [1] : 48–51 

Train sets/multiple units

Business cars

In addition to its regular fleet, Amtrak owns several business and track geometry cars: [27] [19]

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

Trainsets

Express cars

Amtrak has fielded four different types of specialized cars to support its mail and express business. These included material handling cars (MHCs), roadrailers, express boxcars, and ExpressTrak refrigerator cars. Although express cars are traditionally called "head end" cars; the MHC express boxcars were the only cars equipped with lines for head end power, allowing them to be located between the locomotive and passenger cars. All others were found on the rear of the train, behind the last passenger car. Most of the fleet was retired in 2003 when Amtrak exited the express business, save for parcels carried in baggage cars. [35]

Former (inherited)

Locomotives

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. [36]

Trainsets and multiple units

Passenger cars

The Ocean View, Amtrak's former dome car, on the Cardinal in 2011. Dome Trip 090 (6324244579).jpg
The Ocean View, Amtrak's former dome car, on the Cardinal in 2011.

Generator cars

In its early years, Amtrak also rostered some generator cars rebuilt from older locomotives and rolling stock. [36]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Renumbered from 737 in January 2024. The number 737 is now used by a GP38-3. [3]
  2. ↑ Originally built as GMD GP40TC locomotives for GO Transit. [4] They were acquired by Amtrak in 1988, [5] and rebuilt to GP38H-3 locomotives in 2005 by the Altoona Works [6]
  3. ↑ Upgraded to GP38-3 standards by Progress Rail 2022–2023 [7]
  4. ↑ Originally built as Budd Metroliner electric multiple units; converted to control cars from 1987 to 1988
  5. ↑ Originally built as EMD F40PH locomotives; converted into Non-Powered Control Units (NPCUs) from 1996 to 2007, [11] except for Amtrak 406, which was converted in 2011. [12] 406 would later be renumbered to 90406 in 2023 to avoid duplicate numbering with the ALC-42 locomotives.
  6. ↑ 9750 was originally built as HHP-8 #661, renumbered 691 upon retirement. Converted between 2021 and 2023 [13]
  7. ↑ 9700 was originally built as Amtrak 184, a GE P42DC. [14] [15] It was converted into a P42C in 2024, and it will be the first of 20 P42Cs. [15]
  8. ↑ Originally built for Penn Central Transportation Company and NJDOT as Arrow I electric multiple units. They were converted to Comet IB locomotive-hauled coaches by Morrison–Knudsen from 1987 to 1988, for use by NJ Transit Rail Operations. [16] These cars were purchased by Caltrans in 2008, [17] and after a second rebuild, entered service on the San Joaquins in 2013. [18]
  9. ↑ Originally built for Amtrak as EMD F40PH locomotives; converted to Non-Powered Control Units (NPCUs) in the late-1990s and early-2000s. They were purchased by the Oregon Department of Transportation in 2009, and leased to Amtrak for use on the Amtrak Cascades. [19]
  10. ↑ Originally built for GO Transit rail services as EMD F59PH locomotives; now owned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, they were converted to Cab Control Units (CCU) in 2019 for use on the Piedmont. [19]
  11. ↑ Single coaches with a traditional gangway at each end. All 20 coaches are in service. [19]
  12. ↑ Married pairs, with a coach attached to a cafe car or a business class car. 34 units delivered, with 25 in service. [19]
  13. ↑ Married pairs, with a coach attached to a combined coach/business class car. 14 units delivered, with 9 in service. [19]
  14. ↑ Married pairs, with a coach attached to a lounge/cafe car. 1 unit delivered, but not yet in service. [19]
  15. ↑ Renumbered to 680-694 upon retirement
  16. ↑ Later renumbered 480-491.
  17. ↑ These units were acquired from NJ Transit in 1987, with the intention of using them for Northeast Corridor maintenance of way trains. However, these units never entered service, and were officially retired in 1991, when the GE Dash 8-32BWHs used the 500 series. One unit, ex-Amtrak 502, is now at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, restored to its original appearance as PRR 4465. [37]
  18. 1 2 Converted from locomotives used by Amtrak
  19. ↑ Later renumbered to 1290-1295, then to 685-689
  20. ↑ Later renumbered to 690-692
  21. ↑ Later renumbered 660-665
  22. ↑ Later renumbered 666-671

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