Silver Meteor (train)

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The Silver Meteor is an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that operates along the U.S. East Coast between New York City and Miami.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Silver Meteor 0
Silver Meteor (New York segment) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amtrak long-distance train
passenger train
competesWith Silver Star (train)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electrification partially electrified (Northeast Corridor)
formerOperator Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
surface form: Amtrak–Seaboard Coast Line (transition period)

Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
historicalNote first diesel-powered streamliner of Seaboard Air Line Railroad
inception 1939
introducedBy Seaboard Air Line Railroad
namedAfter meteor
onboardService Viewliner sleeping cars
business class (on some segments historically)
café car
coach class
dining car
operatingStatus active
operator Amtrak
operatorCode Amtrak Silver Meteor
surface form: Amtrak train 97 (southbound)

Amtrak Silver Meteor
surface form: Amtrak train 98 (northbound)
ownerOfRollingStock Amtrak
primaryEndpoints Miami station
Penn Station (New York City)
surface form: New York Penn Station
railGauge standard gauge
railLineUsed CSX Transportation
Florida East Coast Railway (historical)
Northeast Corridor
routeEnd Miami
routeStart New York City
serviceType inter-city rail
long-distance passenger rail
stopsAt Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)
surface form: Baltimore Penn Station

Charleston station
Jacksonville station
Orlando station
30th Street Station
surface form: Philadelphia 30th Street Station

Savannah station
Union Station
surface form: Washington Union Station
successorTo Seaboard Air Line Railroad heavyweight passenger trains
traction diesel locomotive south of Washington, D.C.
electric locomotive on Northeast Corridor
typicalLocomotive GE P42DC
Siemens ACS-64
Siemens Charger
surface form: Siemens ALC-42
usesRollingStockType Amfleet II coaches
Heritage or Viewliner dining cars (era-dependent)
Viewliner sleeping cars
surface form: Viewliner I sleeping cars

Viewliner sleeping cars
surface form: Viewliner II sleeping cars

Viewliner baggage-dormitory cars

Referenced by (3)

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Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore) serves Silver Meteor (train)
Silver Star (train) sisterService Silver Meteor (train)
Amtrak Empire Corridor usesService Silver Meteor (train)
this entity surface form: Silver Meteor (New York segment)