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Daniel
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Has Amtrak ever used Amfleet Is instead of IIs on its eastern LD trains for passengers traveling shorter distances?
Normally, no. AMF 1s only appear in the event of an emergency equipment change. So it has happened, but rarely, fortunately.What about for eastern trains over 1,000 miles, such as the Crescent, Lake Shore, Silver Service? Any of those trains ever use Amfleet Is in the past?
Yes. On the old Cardinal/James Whitcomb Riley, Desert Wind, InterAmerican, National Limited, and Pioneer.Has Amtrak ever used Amfleet Is instead of IIs on its eastern LD trains for passengers traveling shorter distances?
Prior to the 1981 delivery of Amfleet IIs quite a few of the Is were configured as 60 seat LD cars.Has Amtrak ever used Amfleet Is instead of IIs on its eastern LD trains for passengers traveling shorter distances?
I can't speak for the other trains, but when I grew up in upstate NY, the LSL used both. West of ALB, it only had AFII cars. But at the time it carried local traffic from ALB to NYP (or NYG - Grand Central Terminal - for a while). When I boarded in SDY, I was seated in an AFII. However all passengers boarding in ALB were all put into AFI's they attached to the LSL!What about for eastern trains over 1,000 miles, such as the Crescent, Lake Shore, Silver Service? Any of those trains ever use Amfleet Is in the past?
I think they may be starting this on some of the intermediate distance trains... I took the Palmetto from WAS to RVR in November, and before boarding was directed by the conductor into an AF1 based on my destination while other passengers going further along were directed to AF2's. I've got another trip down south on the Carolinian next month that I'll have to see where they seat me then...That being said, I would expect that practice of using Amfleet Is for short turners on LD trains will increase. Service expansion is under consideration, and doing that is a way to free up Amfleet IIs for other trains.
Amfleet (AF) cars are the single level cars used on eastern routes, except for the CL and Auto Train. AFI cars have more seats per car, thus a very tight seat pitch (distance between seats). These are used mostly on the NEC. AFII cars have less seats per car, and are normally used on LD trains. The 2 level cars are called Superliners, but they can not be used on most routes in the east, because these routes go thru tunnels in Baltimore and New York City, and Superliners do not fit in those tunnels.OK - what is Amfleet?
There may not be a tried and true way to prevent one from moving one's seat. However, some conductors do make note of the seat checks as they pass through the cars looking for tickets from the newly boarded, and they will make you move back to the correct car. Some conductors don't care, unless they know that the long distance car is going to be sold out, in which case they have to make you move.But TT is absolutely right in that once they take your ticket and give you your seat check, there's no real way for them to keep you from moving from one car to another... I too have done that on occasion :giggle:
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