Superliner trains' removal and restoration of cars 2024-2025

[Tom C]

I will say again. Obviously feel what you want about Amtrak management. But this has nothing to do with the election or DOGE. Trains had been doing a couple articles with the actual manager who is in charge of LD consists and service planning and you can see the decision making rationale that goes into it. It’s about demand and equipment availability. Those are the only considerations.

 

[ryanwc]

I will say again. Obviously feel what you want about Amtrak management. But this has nothing to do with the election or DOGE. Trains had been doing a couple articles with the actual manager who is in charge of LD consists and service planning and you can see the decision making rationale that goes into it. It’s about demand and equipment availability. Those are the only considerations.

Thanks for adding some sanity back into this thread.

 

[Keith1951]

OMG. I just switched my April 6, 2025 trip from Chicago to LA, on the TE because I'm heard on this forum about track work around my date near St Louis and/or Fort Worth and I got worried. So I switched to the SWC on April 7, 2025. They gave me car 331. Now I'm hearing that the 31 car can be canceled if not enough people are on it, is this possible?

 

[trimetbusfan]

OMG. I just switched my April 6, 2025 trip from Chicago to LA, on the TE because I'm heard on this forum about track work around my date near St Louis and/or Fort Worth and I got worried. So I switched to the SWC on April 7, 2025. They gave me car 331. Now I'm hearing that the 31 car can be canceled if not enough people are on it, is this possible?

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...wIcHN4v3tsevz6SMQY_aem_zrjyDOeqTySFmGmGUQckqQ

This article interviewing folks from Amtrak confirm that the Southwest Chief will be receiving the second full sleeper (331 car) starting on March 3rd, and that it will stay on the consist through Labor Day. There is nothing to worry about.

BTW, Amtrak does not adjust long distance equipment on a day-to-day basis, only on a season-by-season basis.