On overnight runs to the East Coast, Amtrak is now using remodeled coach cars, also dating from the 1980s, with plusher reclining seats, suitable for sleeping on the cheap. Called Amfleet II ...

Although Amtrak ridership continues to rise, the passenger experience onboard Amtrak's aging Amfleet I cars in the Northeast and Midwest has remained static for quite a while. While WiFi and ...

Amtrak’s current fleet of long-distance railcars, including the Superliner, Viewliner, and Amfleet series ... next-generation single-level passenger cars. Amtrak In January, Amtrak announced ...

The tubular, stainless steel Amfleet cars were built by Budd Corp. and its descendant in the early 1980s, and are deployed on Northeast Regional, Keystone, Carolinian and Illinois service trains.

The Viewliner sleeper I recently inspected in Chicago’s Union Station looked like any other low-level Amtrak Amfleet car from the exterior, in contrast to the two-story Superliners that operate ...

Amtrak Cascades will begin restoring train service this week following last week's nationwide grounding of all Horizon-model passenger cars due to corrosion, which left the Cascades line with only ...

The service restoration comes after Amtrak began relocating Amfleet cars from around the country to the Pacific Northwest to replace the grounded Horizon cars, according to Just. The first five ...

Spencer agreed, expressing concern that “there are no over-age regulations for passenger cars.” He analogized to a popular automobile: “A 1975 Mustang might be safe, but a 2023 model is safer.” ...