Amfleet railcar family

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The Amfleet railcar family is a series of stainless-steel, tubular passenger coaches built by Budd for Amtrak in the 1970s and 1980s, widely used on intercity and regional routes across the United States.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Amfleet coaches 18
Amfleet passenger cars 3
Amfleet railcar family canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf passenger railcar family ⓘ
passenger railcar type ⓘ
passenger railcar type ⓘ
stainless-steel passenger coach ⓘ
brakingSystem air brakes ⓘ
builtFor Amtrak ⓘ
capacityType seated passenger service ⓘ
constructionMethod shotweld stainless-steel construction ⓘ
countryOfOperation United States ⓘ
coupling standard knuckle coupler ⓘ
designedFor long-distance service ⓘ
short-distance service ⓘ
designFeature tubular cross-section ⓘ
enteredService mid-1970s ⓘ
enteredServiceWithOperator Amtrak ⓘ
feature larger windows ⓘ
more legroom ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasSubclass Amfleet I ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet I coaches

Amfleet II ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet II coaches
hasVariant café car ⓘ
club/business class car ⓘ
coach car ⓘ
inspiredBy Budd Metroliner design ⓘ
introduced 1970s ⓘ
manufacturer Budd Company ⓘ
material stainless steel ⓘ
notableFor airline-style interiors ⓘ
corrugated stainless-steel exterior ⓘ
operator Amtrak ⓘ
owner Amtrak ⓘ
partOf Amfleet railcar family ⓘ
Amfleet railcar family ⓘ
powerSupply head-end power ⓘ
primaryUse Northeast Corridor ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd 1983 ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1975 ⓘ
replaced older inherited passenger cars ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
subjectTo fleet replacement programs ⓘ
typicalConfiguration single-level coach ⓘ
usedFor intercity passenger service ⓘ
regional passenger service ⓘ
usedOn Empire Corridor ⓘ
Keystone Service ⓘ
Northeast Corridor ⓘ
various state-supported routes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amfleet cafe car → partOf → Amfleet railcar family ⓘ
Palmetto (train) → rollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Vermonter → usesRollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
subject linked to: Vermonter (train)
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Empire Service → usesRollingStock → Amtrak Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Silver Star (New York segment) → usesRollingStock → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Viewliner baggage-dormitory car → designedToOperateWith → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Keystone Service (select trains) → usesRollingStock → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Northeast Corridor electrified services → usesRollingStock → Amfleet passenger cars ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Keystone Service → rollingStockType → Amfleet passenger cars ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Amtrak Keystone Service → rollingStock → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Palmetto → usesRollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Amfleet I → partOf → Amfleet railcar family ⓘ
subject linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Amfleet II → partOf → Amfleet railcar family ⓘ
subject linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment) → usesRollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Amtrak Cardinal → usesRollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Wolverine → previousRollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Blue Water → usesRollingStock → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Illini (Amtrak) → rollingStock → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Saluki (Amtrak) → rollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Wolverine (Amtrak train) → previousRollingStockType → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Downeaster → usesPassengerCars → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Viewliner dining cars → compatibleWith → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Metroliner EMU cars → successor → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Carolinian (Amtrak train) → usesRollingStock → Amfleet coaches ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family
Downeaster route between Boston, Massachusetts and Maine → rollingStock → Amfleet passenger cars ⓘ
linked to: Amfleet railcar family