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Amtrak has used a variety of paint schemes ( liveries) on its rolling stock since taking over intercity passenger rail service in the United States in 1971. A series of seven schemes termed Phases, first introduced in 1972, have seen the widest use. Phases primarily use geometric arrangements of red, white, and blue—the national colors of the ...
On February 6, 1977, Amtrak announced plans to spend $24.4 million to overhaul all 61 cars as part of a larger fleet renewal program. [21] In early 1977, some cars were repainted in Amtrak's Phase I paint scheme with red, white and blue ends and a small Amtrak logo.
Heritage unit. Norfolk Southern 1074 is an EMD SD70ACe owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway, painted in the Lackawanna scheme, one of the 20 railroads acquired by The Norfolk & Western & Southern Railway. Amtrak has sixteen heritage units, each painted in one of Amtrak's former paint schemes or a special veterans scheme.
Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Viewliner is a single-level railroad car type operated by Amtrak on most long-distance routes operating east of Chicago. The first production cars, consisting of an order of 50 sleeping cars, entered service in 1994. From 2015–2016, 70 Viewliner II baggage cars entered service.
EMD E9. UP #949 leads an excursion through Clinton, Iowa in August 1995. The E9 is a 2,400-horsepower (1,790 kW), A1A-A1A passenger train -hauling diesel locomotive built by General Motors ' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois, between April 1954 and January 1964. 100 cab-equipped A units were produced and 44 cabless booster B units ...
Amtrak decided its new locomotives should have a new paint scheme, and in the process considered over 100 possible designs. [5] The locomotives were delivered in a wide-striped red, white and blue livery, which angled upward across the middle of the body. [6] The similarity to the design of Pepsi packaging led to the units being nicknamed ...
The Union Pacific heritage fleet includes commemorative and historic equipment owned by the Union Pacific Railroad.The fleet currently consists of two historic steam locomotives, three historic diesel locomotives, seventeen modern diesel locomotives in historic or commemorative paint schemes and nearly four dozen passenger cars used on office car specials and excursion trains.
A commemorative book entitled Amtrak: An American Story was published, a documentary was created, six locomotives were painted in Amtrak's four prior paint schemes, and an Exhibit Train toured the country visiting 45 communities and welcoming more than 85,000 visitors. [86]