Passenger Trains > Amtrak 29 with 6 cars today!

For the past few weeks since the holidays, Amtrak's Capitol Ltd has been regularly restricted to 4 cars but on Thursday 1/27/22 westbound #29 departs Elkhart about 10 minutes late with 6 cars. I think the first 4 cars in the consist from front to back are the standard Capitol Ltd sleeper-diner-coach-coach arrangement. As the 5th car is sleeper 32502 and the 6th car appears to be a diner, I'm guessing these last 2 cars are deadheads.

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32502 is a Deluxe Sleeper from the Auto Train so it would make sense the last two cars are deadheading to Chicago, then onto Beech Grove for work. 

The last car looks like its a Superliner Cross Country Cafe (37000 series), or perhaps even one of the special lounges converted from a Superliner I Diner.....

jp1822 Wrote:
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> The last car looks like its a Superliner Cross
> Country Cafe (37000 series), or perhaps even one
> of the special lounges converted from a Superliner
> I Diner.....


The window configuration says it is NOT a 370xx Cross Country Cafe. The Auto Train lounges look just like standard diners so the only way we'll know for sure is with a car number.

The second diner is a 37000 series car.
There is another camera mounted on the south side of the tracks.
And I was able to see one of the windows on the other side of the car.
That was patched up



DevalDragon Wrote:
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> jp1822 Wrote:
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> > The last car looks like its a Superliner Cross
> > Country Cafe (37000 series), or perhaps even
> one
> > of the special lounges converted from a
> Superliner
> > I Diner.....
>
>
> The window configuration says it is NOT a 370xx
> Cross Country Cafe. The Auto Train lounges look
> just like standard diners so the only way we'll
> know for sure is with a car number.

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival