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    Which AEM-7s are owned by Amtrak and which are leased?

    I went to the farewell to the AEM-7 excursion train the other day and one of the employees showing us the equipment mentioned that some are leased to Amtrak by a bank and need to be operable, some are Amtrak owned, while some are scrapped. Anyone have a list of the status of each and who owns it?
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    Any surplus Amfleet cars in storage? (excluding wrecks) + how many ext

    Just wondering if there are any surplus amfleet cars being stored in places like Bear, DE? Also in a typical day overall after all of the consists of every train are made up, how many extra Amfleet cars are there, in case of extra passengers/trains or if several cars have mechanical issues...
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    Which trains w/Amfleet cars use business/cafe or separate business and

    Which trains within the Amtrak system, both corridor and long-distance in the eastern US use separate business and café cars or combined business/café cars and does it vary for each train based on time of year?
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    Extend Palmetto to Jacksonville to save $ on crew base

    I heard somewhere that there is a separate crew base in Savannah for the Palmetto while the other Florida trains have a crew base in Jacksonville and do not use the crew base in Savannah. I believe that if Amtrak were to extend the Palmetto to Jacksonville, they could combine the Savannah center...
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    Heartland Flyer should be contracted out while still operating under A

    The Heartland Flyer is a very successful route that commenced in the late 1990s. However, the Oklahoma state legislature has been debating for the past few years whether to continue to subsidize the service. There have been rumors of these subsidies ending which will dramatically impact the...
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    Amtrak replacing 2 northeast regional trains with Palmetto??

    Heard a rumor that 2 regional trains, one of them being #198, will be discontinued and replaced with an expanded palmetto that will stop in the same places that the two regional trains stopped before. Any more news with this and when will it happen?
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    AEM-7s being scrapped

    Which AEM-7s are being scrapped as of now? I have seen pictures on Facebook but can't tell exactly which ones are being cut up.
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    Amtrak heritage cars retirement thread

    Since there is a topic for when viewliners will come on line, this topic will complement it in discussing which heritage cars are being retired. Anyone with any news please post here
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    Amtrak P40s on the move again??

    Looks like some of Amtrak P40s sent to Beech Grove a few years ago are on the move. I saw one picture of an Amtrak P40 828 being moved on a freight train. Anyone know what's up?
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    Which specific Heritage Baggage cars are left???

    Just wondering which specific Heritage Baggage cars are left?? I know based on OTOL that there are 27 baggage cars in the 1159-1260 range, also contrary to what others have said that all non-Budd heritage cars are retired, there are several baggage cars (1250-1260 range) that are built by ACF...
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    Amtrak Metroliner cab car roster, status and locations

    Anyone know where all the Metroliner cab cars are located in the Amtrak system, which routes uses them and how often, and how many are left?
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    Don Philips recent bad experience on LD train

    Just would like to know based on your recent Amtrak experiences whether their LD services are going down due to cuts (seen in the newest Trains Magazine issue) or not? Don Philips recently wrote about his bad dining car experience on the Capitol Limited and how Amtrak and their president is...
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    GE Erie locomotive plant status?

    Is most production in TX now? What's in Erie now?
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    Amtrak Michigan Metroliner coaches status?

    What is the status of Amtrak metroliner cars 44550 to 44557 that at one time operated on the Michigan services?
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    Any Norfolk Southern traffic between Baltimore & Washington on the

    Anyone know if Norfolk Southern uses the portion of the NEC between the Washington DC area and Baltimore??? I know that NS uses the Port Road Branch to access Baltimore from the north via the NEC, but any traffic comes to Baltimore from the south via trackage rights on Amtrak??
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    Amtrak Remaining Interlocking Towers on NEC?

    Are there any remaining interlocking towers on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor?? What about interlockings around terminals, such as K tower and Zoo tower; what's their status?
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    List of future Amtrak routes/services in the next 4-5 years???

    Anyone have a complete list of future Amtrak routes that will begin within the next 4-5 years???
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    Bear DE Amtrak equipment roster and status

    I would like to know which locomotives, passenger cars, trainsets, other equipment (MHCs), etc. is at Bear DE right now and what is their status??? I know that there is OTOL, but they don't go into great detail with specific car #s and such. Anyone know???
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    Abandoned Amtrak locomotive and baggage car in North Philadelphia

    If you are traveling by train between 30th Street Station and Frankford Junction (NJ Transit turn-off to Atlantic City) you will notice an abandoned and graffiti-laden locomotive and baggage car in either an Amtrak Phase I or II paint scheme sitting adjacent to a building that was or is a...
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    History of passenger cars used in "Fast Five" (ex RPCX 2012, 2

    Anyone know about the history of these passenger cars that were featured in the movie "Fast Five" back in 2011???
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