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Originally Posted by RJR:

What is the current consist of the Cardinal?  I thought it used Viewliners for sleepers and standard coaches & a snack car (rather than a real diner).

1 Locomotive, a baggage car, 1 view liner, a diner-lite and 3 coaches.

It varies wildly though as sometimes Amtrak uses it to ferry equipment to and from Beach Grove. 

 

See also - Heartland Flyer, Winter Capitol Limited (usually 5 cars), some of the regional services out of chicago, or if you want to go back to the early 90's the Desert Wind. 

Not every train is long.

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This reminds me of the Texas Eagle when I first rode it in Jan. 1990. It was tri-weekly then, and I rode to San Antonio to connect with the Sunset LTD. for Phoenix.  Got me a double bedroom SuperLiner...first time experience in one of these critters.  Kinda like the El Cap, but with sleepers.  Train was short, and the Mopac was rough !  Just awesome !

Caltrans runs some push-pull regional trains with double-deck cars related to Superliners, I guess. I think the train lengths varied from short to moderate. Sacramento appeared to be an end layover point for multiple trains. The Coast Starlight was just passing through, with me onboard. Second pic is at Emeryville. Both pics from 2006. 

 

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