Cardinal consist and dining?

[Chessie Hokie]

Does anyone know the current consist on the Cardinal? I'm particularly curious as to the lounge, cafe and dining car amenities. I know the sightseer lounge was dropped several years ago due to equipment shortages, but I don't recall what, if anything, replaced it. Is there still a dining car on the Cardinal or is it now something less? What level of food service is available...regular dining car and cafe/lounge? Thanks...

 

[Rafi]

Does anyone know the current consist on the Cardinal? I'm particularly curious as to the lounge, cafe and dining car amenities. I know the sightseer lounge was dropped several years ago due to equipment shortages, but I don't recall what, if anything, replaced it. Is there still a dining car on the Cardinal or is it now something less? What level of food service is available...regular dining car and cafe/lounge? Thanks...

The Cardinal currently runs with the following consist:

P42

3 coaches

Diner/Lounge

Viewliner Sleeper

-Rafi

 

[MrEd]

Services on the Cardinal®

® Coaches: Reservations required.

Sleeping cars: Viewliner sleeping accommodations.

- Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge/ClubAcela available

in Chicago, Wash ing ton, Philadelphia and

New York for Sleeping car Service passengers.

Dining: Casual service offering complete meals

and appetizers, sandwiches, snacks and beverages

with an all day menu.

No checked baggage!

 

[Green Maned Lion]

The Cardinal is the most abysmal of Amtraks overnight trains, at least in its consist department.

You get:

1 P42DC Genesis Locomotive,

3 Coach cars, often a mix of Horizon LD and Amfleet IIs.

1 Amfleet II Diner-Lite/Lounge car,

1 Viewliner Dorm/Sleeper- several rooms are taken for crew accommodations.

The Diner-Lite/Lounge offers two sides, one side is a lounge/cafe car, and the other side is a very limited dining service car, offering convection-oven heated meals.