Viewliner II - Part 1 - Initial Production and Delivery

[Palmetto]

Hey! I have two of those [stents]!

 

[Andrew]

How many CAF coaches are now in revenue service for Amtrak?

 

[PRR 60]

How many CAF coaches are now in revenue service for Amtrak?

Seriously?

 

[Ryan]

All of them. Every coach that has been ordered is in service.

 

[PRR 60]

All of them. Every coach that has been ordered is in service.

Kind of finally puts to bed that old saying that there is no such thing as a stupid question.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

All of them. Every coach that has been ordered is in service.

Kind of finally puts to bed that old saying that there is no such thing as a stupid question.

:giggle:

 

[Ryan]

They're pulled exclusively by the Amtrak component of the Charger order.

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

How many CAF coaches are now in revenue service for Amtrak?

All of the pure baggage cars have been deliver. Some may or may not be in service pending adjustments / issues.

No dinner, sleepers, or bagged crew cars have been deliver.

No coach cars including in this order. The coach for Midwest are in a different thread. (Delayed, unknown ETA). The coach for the Florida service are also in a different thread. (But are moving along).

In short you going to have to travel to sunny Florida to ride in a new longer distance coach. If that even the correct way to describe them.

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[KnightRail]

Coaches/Cars/Carriages/Wagons/Vehicles/Units are all terms that someone could use to articulate a rail car. Someone asked a question using the term coaches. That doesn't automatically mean he was asking how many rail cars were delivered in a 'Coach Class' configuration. Regardless the answer is 70 rail cars all in full baggage configuration. Rough crowd tonight.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Coaches/Cars/Carriages/Wagons/Vehicles/Units are all terms that someone could use to articulate a rail car. Someone asked a question using the term coaches. That doesn't automatically mean he was asking how many rail cars were delivered in a 'Coach Class' configuration. Regardless the answer is 70 rail cars all in full baggage configuration. Rough crowd tonight.

I do believe a couple of those answers were in reaction to who asked the question as much as what was asked.

 

[jis]

The most common usage in the US is to use the term "coach" in the context of passenger rail vehicles is to refer to a "Coach Class" vehicle. Alternatively they may be referred to as "Chair Car".

In common usage outside the US a passenger rail vehicle is often referred to as a Coach.

But then again outside of the US influenced places Coaches ride on Bogies while Passenger Cars in the US ride on Trucks.

Notice that terminology used in the US is somewhat more closely related to common road vehicles, than in other places, since I suppose the US of its own choice believes that passengers riding on rail is an anomaly.

 

[A Voice]

Coaches/Cars/Carriages/Wagons/Vehicles/Units are all terms that someone could use to articulate a rail car. Someone asked a question using the term coaches. That doesn't automatically mean he was asking how many rail cars were delivered in a 'Coach Class' configuration. Regardless the answer is 70 rail cars all in full baggage configuration. Rough crowd tonight.

But none of the Viewliner Cars/Carriages/Wagons/Vehicles/Units are articulated. They all ride on a pair of trucks.

 

[PerRock]

Coaches/Cars/Carriages/Wagons/Vehicles/Units are all terms that someone could use to articulate a rail car. Someone asked a question using the term coaches. That doesn't automatically mean he was asking how many rail cars were delivered in a 'Coach Class' configuration. Regardless the answer is 70 rail cars all in full baggage configuration. Rough crowd tonight.

But none of the Viewliner Cars/Carriages/Wagons/Vehicles/Units are articulated. They all ride on a pair of trucks.

Wrong type or "articulate":

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[Thirdrail7]

Rough crowd tonight.

Tonight??? Is that all???

 

[KnightRail]

Rough crowd tonight.

Tonight??? Is that all???

It seems they tend to gather here especially on days that end with y

 

[Paulus]

There are no new rumors or facts that have come to light of late that I am aware of. Usually if something was moving and there was a pulse discernible there are people from within Amtrak on this board that would give us a hint. None have been forthcoming so far.

h34r: h34r:

Looks like that heart needs a few stents at least if not a CABG or two

Looking at that, while training on EKGs:

 

[Acela150]

All of them. Every coach that has been ordered is in service.

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

Looking at that, while training on EKGs:

It does not look like a real EKG.

Someone playing around with the wires?

However if it was real. A-fib with a AV-Block.

Top part of the heart is non-working, no message are been communicated to the bottom. The bottom is contracting on its own at 40 beats per min or less.

 

[JohannFarley]

Looking at that, while training on EKGs:

It does not look like a real EKG.

Someone playing around with the wires?

However if it was real. A-fib with a AV-Block.

Top part of the heart is non-working, no message are been communicated to the bottom. The bottom is contracting on its own at 40 beats per min or less.

Maybe its a reading of CAF right now

 

[afigg]

Looking at that, while training on EKGs:

It does not look like a real EKG.

Someone playing around with the wires?

The image appears to be of an acoustic recording of a heart beat sound, not an ECG. The large peak waveform would be the S1 sound at the start of the Systolic interval, the smaller peak waveform would be the S2 sound at the start of the Diastolic interval.

Which is interesting, but has little to do with CAF and the question of where the heck are the remaining Viewliner IIs cars, starting with the 25 diner cars? With a new CEO in charge, Moorman could show leadership by stating what the reasons for the delay are and when the diner cars are expected to be delivered.

 

[Ryan]

You guys are the greatest nerds ever.

 

[Acela150]

 

[jis]

You guys are the greatest nerds ever.

I had no idea that my off the cuff joke would unleash such horrendous amount of nerdiness!!! 8-!

 

[Brian Battuello]

We're so nerdy we can trainspot passenger cars that haven't even been built yet!

 

[Steve4031]

Another 2 pages of nothing.