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Heads up those by the Stockton, CA ACE Yard! An Amtrak San Joaquins cab car is potentially testing today through Friday! However, I’m not from the area and only found this from a Facebook group (which has had reliable heads-ups in the past, such as with Venture cafe car spottings). The cab car...

I don’t live along the Midwest routes; however, having observed Midwest online, especially for the Borealis, 381/382 is considered the Carl Sandburg while 380/383 is the Illinois Zephyr. Despite running the same route, they are still considered different trains and are most likely receiving...

Thanks for the update. That was fast, the last update was only a few weeks ago at a meeting posted on YouTube, which showed 33 coaches and 2 locomotives in production for Airo.

Yes, one was captured in the Chicago yard about a month or so ago on a Facebook post. They MAY enter service soon with the Borealis using Horizon and Amfleets as rolling stock, however it’s not 100% confirmed. Does anybody have information about the three Amtrak Midwest Venture cab cars for the...

From what I know, cab cars should start testing in the summer. Information doesn’t get more specific than that. They’re definitely out there waiting to test though since there’s been pictures of them.

According to a presentation in an annual meeting between the Empire Passenger Rail Association, Amtrak, and NYSDOT, 33 coaches and 2 locomotives for the Amtrak Airo sets are in production, with a full set of shells having already been completed.