Amtrak Superliners.

[Amtrak Railfan]

How old is this Amtrak Superliner Cars?

 

[blueman271]

Which ones? The Superliner 1 cars or the Superliner 2 cars?

 

[jccollins]

How old is this Amtrak Superliner Cars?

Which one is "this"?

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

I will said the Superliner 2 Cars.

 

[AMTK@AUS]

The first Superliners appeared in 1978 and were built by Pullman-Standard. The Superliner project forced the company into bankruptcy, but they are now the primary fleet type west of Chicago, and on some eastern routes as well. This first generation of cars are referred to as Superliner I's.

Beginning in 1993 until 1994, Bombardier started building a second phase of Superliners, called Superliner II's. This order included transition sleepers and deluxe sleepers (Auto Train), in addition to coaches, sleepers, diners, and lounges. Superliner II's comply with the American Disibility Act.

The design of the two cars is very similar, especially on the exterior. The easiest way to tell the difference of a the two is that on a Superliner II, the boagies are silver and feature air bags, digital number displays, and on sleepers, state names placed near the door. Some Superliner I's are refurbished with the same seating materials of a Superliner II.

Hope this helps.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

And I want to said to you AMTK@AUS welcome to the Amtrak Unlimited Forums Site and if you want to see or post my discussion feel free to do that.

 

[EmpireBuilderFan]

Welcome to the board, Brandon!

The easiest way to tell the difference of a the two is that on a Superliner I, the boagies are silver and feature air bags, digital number displays, and on sleepers, state names placed near the door.

I'm guessing this is a typo, but the Superliner II have the digital displays, not the Superliner I.

 

[battalion51]

Superliner I's have an analog display identical to that of the Amfleet II coaches.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many Superliners I and II Cars are in service?

 

[AlanB]

I can't say how many are in service each and every day, however Amtrak still lists 428 Superliner cars on their roster.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

What kind of sound does the Superliner Passager Cars make to close the doors?

 

[P40Power]

What kind of sound. . . well it would be the sound of a large metal door closing on a rail car . . . Superliner doors swing open unlike Amfleet cars where they slide. The only way to know the sound would to be to witness one being opened and closed at a station stop or something somewhere . . .

 

[AlanB]

What kind of sound does the Superliner Passager Cars make to close the doors?

The doors in the Superliners are not automatic, a crewmember opens and closes the door. Therefore the only sound, other than the clunk of metal on metal, might be the crewmember telling someone to get out of the doorway.

 

[Anthony]

What kind of sound does the Superliner Passager Cars make to close the doors?

The doors in the Superliners are not automatic, a crewmember opens and closes the door. Therefore the only sound, other than the clunk of metal on metal, might be the crewmember telling someone to get out of the doorway.

Well, and also at some stations, the sound of the yellow stool being placed back in the vestibule :lol:

 

[battalion51]

Placed? :lol: More like a chucking of the step. :lol: How do you think they get so banged up?

 

[jccollins]

What kind of sound does the Superliner Passager Cars make to close the doors?

Hey Railfan! Have you had a chance to ride on an Amtrak train yet?

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Not at all I hope maybe sometime soon.

 

[tp49]

I used to live in commuter territory (LIRR) and besides once going from NYP to PHL in 1984, I didn't start riding Amtrak until I came out here two years ago. Of course since then I've logged about 25,000 miles but that's another story

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many Superliner Cars are in Phase V?

 

[Amfleet]

How many Superliner Cars are in Phase V?

Right now there are 18 Superliners in Phase V. They are being repainted as they get rebuilt at Beech Grove.

 

[Viewliner]

V? I thought it was IVb, or was it VI? :blink:

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many levels does the Superliner Coach and Dining Car have?

 

[AlanB]

All Superliner cars have two levels. There are no exceptions. If it's a Superliner car, then it's got two levels.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Does the Capitol Corridor Train on the west coast have Superliner cars?

 

[battalion51]

A coach may pinch hit ocasionally for a bad ordered California car, but for the most part they run California cars out there.