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 10
Amfleet railcar family canonical 3
Amfleet passenger cars 2

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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

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Referenced by (16)

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