Real Train Database

The Amfleet I originated from Amtrak's urgent need to modernize its aging inherited fleet following the railroad's creation in May 1971. When Amtrak took over intercity passenger operations, it acqui…

The Amfleet I cars were constructed by the Budd Company between 1975 and 1977 and derived their fundamental structural and aesthetic character from the stainle…

Models by: Walthers

Amtrak placed an order for 150 additional Amfleet cars with the Budd Company on March 13, 1980, at a total cost of approximately 150 million dollars. Designated Amfleet II to distinguish them from th…

The Amfleet II cars were derived from the same basic design platform as the Amfleet I, which itself traced its origins to the Budd Metroliner electric multiple…

The Bombardier MultiLevel Coach entered development in the early 2000s as a bi-level commuter rail car designed specifically for the dense rail corridors of the northeastern United States and Canada.…

The MultiLevel Coach is a bi-level design with a smaller loading gauge than Bombardier's earlier Bi-Level Coach, a deliberate engineering choice that allows th…

The Budd Company's dome car represented one of the most significant innovations in American passenger rail travel during the streamliner era. Development began in 1945, inspired by a wartime visit by…

Budd dome cars were constructed using the company's proprietary Shotweld stainless steel fabrication process, which produced a lightweight yet rigid car body r…

The Budd Company developed the Hi-Level passenger car in the early 1950s in response to a specific operational challenge facing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The Santa Fe's El Capitan, a…

The Hi-Level coaches built between 1954 and 1956 seated 72 passengers in the standard configuration, arranged primarily on the upper deck where large windows o…

The Budd Rail Diesel Car emerged from decades of experimentation with self-propelled passenger railcars in North America. The Budd Company of Philadelphia had been developing its expertise in stainle…

The standard RDC-1, the most numerous and straightforward variant, was built on an 85-foot stainless steel car body and seated 90 passengers, with an empty wei…

Models by: Rapido Trains

The Budd Company's stainless steel passenger coaches represent one of the most consequential chapters in American railroad history. The story begins in earnest in 1934, when the Philadelphia-based ma…

Budd's stainless steel coaches were made possible by the company's development of the shotweld process, a resistance-welding technique that allowed stainless s…

Models by: Atlas

The Horizon fleet of passenger coaches represents one of Amtrak's significant equipment acquisitions of the late 1980s, developed to address the national passenger railroad's need for modern, economi…

The Horizon coaches were constructed by Bombardier as single-level vehicles configured to seat between 60 and 84 passengers depending on interior arrangement, …

Models by: Rapido Trains

The Nippon Sharyo gallery car represents one of the most enduring and successful designs in North American commuter railroad history. Nippon Sharyo, a Japanese rolling stock manufacturer with a long …

The Nippon Sharyo gallery car is a bilevel coach designed to maximize passenger capacity within the constraints of the North American loading gauge. Seating ca…

The Pullman sleeping car stands as one of the most transformative developments in American railroad history. George Pullman constructed his first luxurious sleeper, named the Pioneer, in 1865, and tw…

Pullman sleeping cars were produced as single-level cars throughout the company's manufacturing history, evolving considerably in interior configuration over t…

Models by: Atlas

Pullman-Standard's lightweight coach represented a fundamental departure from the heavy steel passenger cars that had defined American railroad travel since the early twentieth century. The transitio…

Pullman-Standard's lightweight coaches were single-level cars typically constructed on a welded low-alloy steel underframe, with carbody structures employing e…

The Superliner I cars trace their origins to Amtrak's search for new long-distance equipment in the early 1970s. When the national passenger railroad issued a request for proposals in 1973, planners …

The Superliner I cars are bilevel vehicles constructed by Pullman-Standard, with the passenger accommodations arranged primarily on the upper level and boardin…

Models by: Broadway Limited · Kato · Walthers

The Superliner II represents the second major production run of Amtrak's bilevel intercity passenger cars, built by Bombardier Transportation between 1991 and 1996. The order for 195 cars came about …

Superliner II coaches are configured to carry between 62 and 78 passengers, with the majority of seating located on the upper level where large windows provide…

The Viewliner I sleeping car emerged from a long development process that began in the early 1980s, when Amtrak recognized the need to replace its aging Heritage Fleet cars on eastern routes. Because…

The Viewliner I sleeping car is a single-level stainless steel passenger car constructed at Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops and configured to accommodate 12 roomett…

Models by: Broadway Limited · Kato · Walthers

The Viewliner II sleeping cars represent the second generation of Amtrak's single-level long-distance passenger equipment designed specifically for eastern routes, where overhead clearance restrictio…

The Viewliner II sleeping cars are single-level cars built by CAF USA and share the fundamental design philosophy established by the prototype Viewliner cars d…