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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Amfleet coaches 10
Amfleet railcar family canonical 3
Amfleet passenger cars 2

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 of America
surface form: 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 coaches
surface form: Amfleet I

Amfleet II coaches
surface form: Amfleet II
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 self-linksurface differs
Amfleet railcar family self-linksurface differs
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

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 railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Vermonter (train) usesRollingStockType Amfleet railcar family
subject surface form: Vermonter
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Empire Service usesRollingStock Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amtrak Amfleet coaches
Silver Star (New York segment) usesRollingStock Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Viewliner baggage-dormitory cars designedToOperateWith Amfleet railcar family
subject surface form: Viewliner baggage-dormitory car
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Keystone Service (select trains) usesRollingStock Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Northeast Corridor electrified services usesRollingStock Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet passenger cars
Keystone Service rollingStockType Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet passenger cars
Amtrak Keystone Service rollingStock Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Palmetto usesRollingStockType Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Amfleet railcar family partOf Amfleet railcar family self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Amfleet I
Amfleet railcar family partOf Amfleet railcar family self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Amfleet II
Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment) usesRollingStockType Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Amtrak Cardinal usesRollingStockType Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches
Wolverine previousRollingStockType Amfleet railcar family
this entity surface form: Amfleet coaches