Amtrak's Cardinal.

[Amtrak Railfan]

Does the Cardinal have a Baggage Car?

 

[AlanB]

Last I knew, yes it did. And I haven't heard that it has been eliminated.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Is the Baggage Car on Cardinal is in the back or in the Front of the Train?

 

[Amfleet]

Last I knew, yes it did. And I haven't heard that it has been eliminated.

From the video and a photo that was posted over on Trainorders, the Cardinal did not have a baggage car. However, the timetable still shows the train as having checked baggage.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How do need to sign up on the Trainorders Site?

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

And can you tell me few Railroad Video Sites to find Amtrak Video Clips?

 

[AlanB]

How do need to sign up on the Trainorders Site?

You have to pay money to join that site. It's not free like this one.

 

[CREW-DORM#2524]

50/51 does not carry a full baggage car. the bags are worked out of the "lounge" area of the crew dorm. the way it was explaned to me was like this; the Card simply does not carry enough baggage to offset the cost of running a baggage car stupid, but true

ryan

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many P42s does the Cardinal have between Washington DC and Chicago IL?

 

[Amfleet]

How many P42s does the Cardinal have between Washington DC and Chicago IL?

One

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Does the Cardinal have the Dorm Lounge Car all of the time on the Train?

 

[Amfleet]

Does the Cardinal have the Dorm Lounge Car all of the time on the Train?

Yes, almost always. I'm guessing if there was an equipment failure on the dorm then either a replacement dorm, sleeper, or (in the worst case situation) a coach would be added.

 

[battalion51]

Actually I do't think they can get away with a coach due to Union rules. Otherwise the Palmetto and Three Rivers wouldn't need OBS re crews en route. I'm 99% sure if the employees are to work an overnight trip they must have a room of some sort, whether in a revenue sleeping car or Dorm it doesn't matter.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Does the Cardinal have sometimes two AEM-7s or HHP-8s between New York NY and Washington DC and when?

 

[battalion51]

It's entirely possible for power to be doubled up on any train. Many times when this occurs one of the two engines is just out of a rebuild or heavy maintenence. The second engine is used as a backup so that service will not be interrupted if the one engine fails. There is no regularity as to when this practice occurs.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Was the Cardinal used to have F40s on the Route?

 

[battalion51]

Yes. Every train (except for the Acelas) used F-40's at one point in their life.

 

[tp49]

Yes. Every train (except for the Acelas) used F-40's at one point in their life.

I could be wrong but I don't believe the Capitols have as CalTrans bought the F-59's for the service and had them on the property prior to running the first train.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

When was the last run for the Superliner Cars on the Cardinal?

 

[Viewliner]

When was the last run for the Superliner Cars on the Cardinal?

After the Auto Train derailment.

 

[Save Our Trains Michigan]

When was the last run for the Superliner Cars on the Cardinal?

I think they still do

 

[Viewliner]

When was the last run for the Superliner Cars on the Cardinal?

I think they still do

No, they don't its a Viewliner/Amfleet/Heritage(/somtimes Horizon?) train. This was after a shortage from the Auto Train Derailment and years of deferred reparis.

 

[battalion51]

The change happened almost immediately after the Auto Train derailment, within a week or two.

 

[Save Our Trains Michigan]

Thanks for that info it is to hard for me to keep up on all this stuff i use to be better at it but since i work for BNSF I just can't keep up anymore.Oh and being tied up in saving the Michigan trains.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many Amfleet Cars does the Cardinal have?