Talk:List of Amtrak rolling stock

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Amtrak inherited the Hi-Level cars that inspired the Bi-level Superliners, but they're not listed in the article. Can we include the inherited cars? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.109.115.31 (talk) 02:22, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think is getting way too detailed and this function is better performed by the railfanning sites we link to. If a locomotive is actually scrapped or permanently stored then that's probably worth noting, but if it's out for a month or so because of a cab fire and there's every expectation that it's coming back then I don't think we need mention it. Mackensen (talk) 15:08, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I started drafting a replacement article based on Amtrak's most recent Fleet Strategy article; see User:Mackensen/Amtrak rolling stock. This keeps detail to a reasonable minimum. Mackensen (talk) 14:11, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good Mackensen. It's much more manageable of an article than the current one, which is not easy to maintain given the high level of detailed information. The only suggestion I have is to include a note saying that the numbers shown in the "In service" columns of the current fleet tables are as of the end of 2011. These given numbers are just a snapshot in time and would certainly be quite different as of today, so it might be better to not include them. Thanks for the good work! JJHW17 (talk) 02:24, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Regarding numbers, it's a difficult balance to strike. The article needs to give an impression of how much equipment Amtrak has, but I really don't want to get involved of the day-to-day details of how many P42s are fit for duty and such. As written the introduction refers to the fleet strategy article; obviously in the case of the Sprinters we would have to diverge. Mackensen (talk) 02:34, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Should there be some mention made of which cars can only be used on western routes?--agr (talk) 02:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated the list. 185 seems to re-enter service in a while, after the wreck in North Carolina on March 11, as it was seen carried to Beech Grove on a CSXT train a few days ago. 154 was in the wreck in Indiana on October 28 last year, so that one is out for a long while already and therefore into the list. 62 is out due to a wreck and resulting fire in Texas in November 2014. 24 caught fire in the mid section a few days ago on a Hiawatha train in Milwaukee, and is likely out for quite a while, too. On the other hand, 90 and 120 are back in active service. 90 is running the CA Zephyr for a few weeks now, after re-entering service in late April; 120 was the lead unit on train 29-04/30-05 this month and seems to serve as back-up unit at Albany-Rensselaer currently. --Thogo 00:03, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The table says that two P42s are leased to MARC. Which engines are that? I have revenue Amtrak service assignments for all active Amtrak engines in the last few weeks (the other ones are at Beech Grove, or on the way there in the case of #1 and #130). --Thogo 17:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Are we sure this car is Amfleet I-based? It looks to me like it has the same trucks as all rebuilt Metroliners, leading me to think it is a former Metroliner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.138.47.66 (talk) 19:11, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It was rebuilt from wrecked Amfleet I #21191. That may be why it has unusual trucks. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is a problem with the column heading on the table of former passenger cars. I think that Years of Service needs to move to the right by one column, but I don't know what the column with 6, 11, 5 is supposed to be. It is definitely not Power Type. Is that the number of railcars in each group? 76.90.104.68 (talk) 04:25, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me. –Daybeers (talk) 14:21, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see the problem and I think I have corrected it. --RickyCourtney (talk) 19:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@RickyCourtney: You say in your recent edit summary that Amtrak has ended private car service, but this link https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/privatecars/Amtrak-Private-Car-Guidelines-062118.pdf has guidelines for such service dated Jan 1, 2019. Am I missing something?--agr (talk) 16:37, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]