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I've been wandering why the Capitol Limited usually pulls a conist including three locomotives. If the train usually only hauls 8 cars (1 heritage baggage, 7 Superliners) and traverses terrain not nearly as rough as that of most of the other Superliners, why would Amtrak waste extra power on it when the Silver trains for example down here in Florida sometimes only run with one engine and have been subject to frequent power failures?? It just seems odd to see a fifty car freight train and a light eight car passenger train with equal power.