Any surplus Amfleet cars in storage? (excluding wrecks) + how many ext

[edjbox]

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?

(Simple condensed version- how many Amfleet cars are being used each day for service vs. how many are on the overall active roster)

 

[Seaboard92]

I know they can field extra cars for charters. And I know I've seen twenty one time on two different excursions on the same day.

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

Roster of cars:

http://on-track-on-line.com/amtk-roster-cars.shtml

The numbers of cars need for NEC? Not sure anyone other than Amtrak has that information. NEC can do quick turnaround on full train sets. Steal from one train to equipped another. Lots of space to play.

 

[Acela150]

From my understanding. Bear has been turning out overhauls at a much better rate then Beech Grove. I think part of it has to do with the fact that Bear works exclusively on rolling stock while Beech Grove has a wider range of rolling stock and locomotives to overhaul. I could be wrong.

 

[jis]

I know they can field extra cars for charters. And I know I've seen twenty one time on two different excursions on the same day.

Suffice it to say that on the weekend that they fielded a bunch of cars for the Autumn Excursion last year, several NE Regional schedules were protected by Acela consists due to shortage of Amfleets.