Motive power and rolling stock

Amtrak Auto Train dining car awaits passengers next to auto carrier that will join it at the rear of the train (Lorton, VA, 2000). Photo courtesy of www.trainweb.com

Connecting a private business car (formerly the D&RG 101) to the end of an Amtrak train

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Diesel Locomotives

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Former Diesel Locomotives

Locomotives Inherited from other Railroads

These locomotives were inherited from many of the Class 1 railroads that joined Amtrak. Several examples of each type survive. Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. ... Southern Pacific Railroad SW1 #1000, photographed when brand new in 1939. ... Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. ... An EMD SW8 is a diesel switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between September 1950 and January 1954. ... BN 440, an SW1000, works in the yard at Eola, Illinois. ... The EMD SW1001 was a 1,000 hp (750 kW) diesel locomotive for industrial switching service built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1968 and 1984. ... BN 251 working the yard in Eola, Illinois. ... Union Pacific UPY 1069, a SW1500 equipped with Flexicoil trucks for higher speed service. ... Union Pacific UPY 1338. ... RailPower Technologies TSX: P is a Canadian company that builds environmentally friendly hybrid yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk. ... CC 2008, a GP38, leads a westbound train through northern Illinois in 1993. ... All-time system map, showing all lines in the Norfolk Southern system prior to 1974 The Norfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark NS) was the final name of a railroad running from Norfolk, Virginia southwest and west to Charlotte, North Carolina. ... LLPX 2235 leads a train in Anaheim, California, in early 2005. ... The General Motors Electro-Motive Division model F40PH is a 3000 horsepower (2. ... In freight trains, a cabbage car is a EMD F40PH that has been converted to a baggage car but still has its Cab Controls allowing for the operation of another locomotive from its cab. ... A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ... EMD had produced several variants on the EMD GP40 in the 1960s. ... GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ... Norfolk Southern Corporation (AAR reporting mark NS) NYSE: NSC is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. ... EMD F69PHAC the Winabagos was an experimental A.C. diesel locomotive and similar to FP40. ... The GE P30CH, also known as the POOCH, was one of the first diesel-electric passenger locomotives built for Amtrak in its early years. ... BN 5383 operating at the Illinois Railway Museum. ... An EMD SDP40F is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division beginning in 1973 for Amtrak service. ... Rohr Industries was a manufacturer of rail cars. ... Ateliers du Nord de la France (ANF) was a French locomotive manufacturer, based at Blanc Misseron. ... The Turboliner is a trainset built by Rohr Industries in 1976 for Amtrak. ... United Aircraft Corporation may refer to one of the following: United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which formerly owned Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, and United Airlines, among others. ... The Turbo Train in its original CN livery at Montreal in 1973 The Turbo train was an early high-speed train manufactured by United Aircraft that operated in Canada between 1968 and 1982. ...

• EMD E9
• EMD E8
• EMD FP7
• EMD F7
• EMD F3B

Electric Locomotives

Twenty Acela Express trainsets provide popular high-speed rail service along the Northeast Corridor between South Station in Boston and Union Station in Washington D.C. This service has been so popular that supporters claim the Acela trains even cover their "above the rail" costs (operating expenses, but not capital to maintain infrastructure). The EMD E9 was a 2,400 hp, A1A-A1A passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between May 1954 and December 1963. ... Rock Island E8 #652, operated by Midland Railway of Baldwin City, Kansas. ... St. ... D&RGW F7 #5634 in 1950. ... Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad F3 #120, a 4-unit ABBA set built in 1947, hauling a 51 car freight in 1950. ... A pair of GE Genesis locomotives Genesis (officially trademarked GENESIS) is a series of locomotives produced by GE Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... Acela is a brand applied by Amtrak to its high-speed trains along the Northeast Corridor in the Northeast U.S., called Acela Express. ... An Amtrak-owned HHP-8 moving the since renamed Acela Regional out of Boston The double-ended HHP-8 electric locomotive is one of the latest editions from the Bombardier company which has re-entered the railroad equipment business. ... Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. ... ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget) was a Swedish industry company. ... The AEM-7 is a B-B electric locomotive running on the Northeast Corridor of the United States between Washington DC and Boston. ... Acela Express (often called simply Acela, leading to early confusion with the Acela Regional and Acela Commuter) is the name used by Amtrak for the high-speed tilting train service operating between Washington, D.C. and Boston via New York City and Philadelphia along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the... French designed Eurostar and Thalys TGVs side-by-side in the Paris-Gare du Nord. ... Most of the NEC (those sections shown in red, except Boston to the Rhode Island state line) is owned by Amtrak. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Burnhams Union Station: the central block of the immense front façade of Union Station Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, DC when it opened in 1907. ...

These trainsets have not been without problems. In April 2005, all were removed from service to repair cracked brake rotors. They returned to service by September of that year.

Former Electric Locomotives

• GE E60 - Two examples has been preserved, 958 in the NJT CP guise and 603 in rebuilt MA form.

Electric Locomotives Inherited from other Railroads

• EMD FL9 - Most have been sold to commuter lines.

• PRR GG1 - inherited from Penn Central. Several examples survive.

Rolling Stock

Amtrak's 2,142 railroad cars include 168 sleeper cars, 760 coach cars, 126 first class/business class cars, 66 dormitory/crew cars, 225 lounge/café/dinette cars, 1 dome car, and 92 dining cars. These include: GE Transportation is a division of General Electric, comprised of GE Aircraft Engines and the much smaller GE Transportation Systems. ... The GE E60 was a C-C electric locomotive built for Amtrak in its early years. ... The EMD FL9 (New Haven Class EDER-5) was an Electric-Diesel-electric dual-power locomotive, capable of self-powered diesel-electric operation and of operation as an electric locomotive powered from a third rail. ... The Pennsylvania Railroads GG1 class of electric locomotives were built between 1934 to 1943 at the PRR shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with a total of 139 units constructed. ... The Penn Central Transportation Company, normally called Penn Central, was an American railroad company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and formed by the merger on February 1, 1968 of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad; the New Haven was added to the merger at the insistence of the... A railroad car (or, more briefly, car, not to be confused with railcar), also known as an item of rolling stock, is a vehicle on a railroad (or railway) that is not a locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ... The sleeping car is a railroad car on a train with sleeping facilities. ... Cars such as Santa Fes Pullman-built lightweight Pleasure Dome-Lounge car #506, ordered specifically for the Super Chief in the early 1950s, remained in service well into the Amtrak era. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...

• Superliner I and II
• Amfleet I and II
• Horizon Fleet
• Viewliner
• Heritage Fleet
• California Cars
• Surfliner Cars
• Talgo Cars
• dome car

Baggage cars, autoracks for Auto Train service, and maintenance of way rolling stock make up the remainder of the fleet. This converted Auto Train lounge shows the typical exterior of Superliner cars. ... Amfleet are a suite of railroad passenger cars built for Amtrak by Budd from 1973 - 1977 totalling 492 cars (406 coaches and 86 Amcafes). ... The Comet passenger car series was first designed in the late 1960s by Pullman-Standard as a modern commuter car for North American rail lines. ... The Viewliner is a single-level sleeping car used by Amtrak on eastern routes. ... Amtraks Heritage Fleet program was started was started in 1977 to equip older cars from Amtraks predecessor railroads to Head End Power (HEP). ... Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. ... Cars such as Santa Fes Pullman-built lightweight Pleasure Dome-Lounge car #506, ordered specifically for the Super Chief in the early 1950s, remained in service well into the Amtrak era. ... An autorack, also known as an auto carrier, is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport unladen automobiles. ... Auto Train is an 855-mile-(1376-km-)long scheduled train service for passengers and their automobiles, operated by Amtrak between Lorton, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) and Sanford, Florida (near Orlando). ... Maintenance of way (often abbreviated as M of Way, MOW or MW) refers to the maintenance of railroad rights of way. ...

Private railroad cars may also be hauled by Amtrak trains if suitably certified and equipped with head end power (HEP). Groups such as the American Association for Private Rail Car Owners, Inc., (AAPRCO) represent the interests of car owners in dealing with Amtrak. These private cars may be used by their owners or chartered by individuals for private travel behind scheduled Amtrak trains. All non-Amtrak cars, including those of the Department of Transportation, receive car numbers in the 800000 series for tracking purposes. In the early years of Amtrak's existence, it required that private cars be marked in the "Pointless Arrow" scheme as the neophyte company worked to stamp out "rainbow" trains with a system paintscheme, but this policy was abandoned as Amtrak matured, allowing car operators to use personalized or heritage schemes. Head end power (also known as hotel power) is a method of providing electricity to the carriages of a train, usually the passenger carriages of a long distance hotel train. ... The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation. ...