Passenger Trains > Superliner help

Can anyone tell me the weight of Amtraks Superliners, please. Or, a suitable web site. My web searches have failed to deliver the info. Thanks for your help. Chris, UK.

I hope this helps you

Manufacturer Pullman Company (Series I) / Bombardier Transportation (Series II)/ Morrison-Knudsen and Alstom (California Cars variant)
Constructed 1978–1981, 1993–1995, 1996, 2000-2001
Entered service 1979
Number built 479[1]
Number in service 431
Number scrapped 22
Capacity 96 maximum
Operator Amtrak
Line(s) served Auto Train, California Zephyr, Capitol Corridor, Capitol Limited, City of New Orleans, Coast Starlight, Empire Builder, Heartland Flyer, Pacific Surfliner, Pere Marquette, San Joaquin, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, and Texas Eagle
Specifications
Car length 85 ft 0 in (25.91 m)
Width 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m)
Height 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
Entry Step
Doors 1 or 2 depending on car type
Maximum speed 100 mph (160 km/h)
Weight 148,000 lb (67,132 kg) or 67.132 t (74.000 short tons; 66.072 long tons) gross weight for coaches (all specs [2])
Power supply Head end power
Braking system(s) Air
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Chris

A bit of clairification:

>Doors 1 or 2 depending on car type

This is the number of doors on each side of the car (they also have one door in each end).

>Braking system(s) Air

WABCo 26-C, which was also manufactured by NYABCo.

Most Amtrak mechanical people don't know most of this data. Then again, it's Amtrak, so maybe we shouldn't be surprised.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/11 14:53 by EtoinShrdlu.

Whats interesting is the Car's Height, as it does change, due too diameter of the wheel

Etoin Shrdlu:

You used to run a linotype machine, didn't you?

>Whats interesting is the Car's Height, as it does change, due too diameter of the wheel

The height given in stats is what is called "nominal", which means "typical" and "what we desgned and built it to be". The actual height will vary with wheel diameter, but this can essentially be ignored because cars can't exceed their nominal height for clearance purposes. If they're less than nominal height on account of worn down wheels, clearance isn't an issue, so the lower height can more or less be ignored.

>You used to run a linotype machine, didn't you?

No, but when I thought up this here handle, it seemed a bit more spiffy than "qwerty". I usually draw a blank when making these things up, annoying when it happens too.

Many thanks for your help, Chris.

EtoinShrdlu Wrote:
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> >You used to run a linotype machine, didn't you?
>
> No, but when I thought up this here handle, it
> seemed a bit more spiffy than "qwerty". I usually
> draw a blank when making these things up, annoying
> when it happens too.

Still, not many people would know etoin shrdlu. In high school days, we named some etoin shrdlu in an article in the school newspaper just to see what our linotype buddies in print shop would do.