Viewliner
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From left: a partially visible Viewliner I sleeper, a Viewliner II sleeper and a Viewliner II baggage car | |
A Viewliner II roomette | |
| Manufacturers | Budd Company (prototypes) Morrison-Knudsen (Viewliner I) CAF (Viewliner II) |
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| Entered service | 1988–present |
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| Operator | Amtrak |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Stainless steel |
| Car length | 85.33 ft (26.01 m) |
| Width | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Height | 14 ft (4.27 m) |
| Floor height | 51 in (1,300 mm) |
| Platform height | 51 in (1,300 mm) (high) 17 in (430 mm) (low) |
| Maximum speed | Prototypes/Viewliner I: 110 mph (177 km/h) Viewliner II: 125 mph (201 km/h) |
| Power supply | 480 V AC 60 Hz |
| Bogies | GSI 70 |
| Braking system | Air |
| Coupling system | AAR |
| 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 Viewliner I fleet of 50 sleeping cars entered service in 1994. Several types of Viewliner II cars entered service beginning in the 2010s: 70 baggage cars entered service during 2015–2016; 25 dining cars during 2016–2019; 10 baggage–dormitory cars in 2019; and 25 sleeping cars in 2021.
The Viewliner II baggage cars are used on all Amtrak trains with full baggage cars, both single-level and bi-level, and replaced all of the Heritage Fleet baggage cars that Amtrak inherited from the freight railroads when it was established in 1971. Similarly, the Viewliner II dining cars replaced all of the Heritage Fleet dining cars.