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Tank Carlisle
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How many cars does the Capital Limited have these days?
Superliner.Is the deadheading sleeper a Superliner or Viewliner? Inquiring minds want to know.
This is the modified consist which will be in place until sometime in March; hopefully then the Sightseer will return.Heading westbound form Washington in a few days, and I was wondering what is the current consist. I read there was only a CCC (Diner/Lounge) rather than a full diner and a Sightseer Lounge.
Thanks!
Amtrak says they are using the slow season to get caught up on maintenance and servicing of the LD equipment. If there are several in Portland, they may be being used for the Coast Starlight and Empire Builder or being moved for that matter. According to the service alert, the reduced consist is to end on February 28.I hated the Capitol Limited the one time I rode on it specifically because it lacked a sightseer lounge. I saw two lounge cars just sitting in Portland when I was there last week and another rider told me he saw them being used on the Cascades trains. If they have extra lounges, there is no reason for there not to be one on the CL.
I had a different experience on Monday......our 3001 car was directly behind the engines. (I love the horn, but directly behind the engine, not so much.......)It has changed off and on a few times during the past month. It looks like this week is back to normal, for example today's 29 has got a good mix.
2 P42s
Baggage Car
Transitional Dorm
2 Sleepers
Diner/Lounge Combo
Lounge
Baggage/Coach Combo
2 Coaches
And then the past two days and today as well, we have a sleeper on the end deadheading to Chicago, to Beech Grove it appears.
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