New Amtrak Catenary Geometry Car?!

This is just a thought,the 10002 might be due for upgrade/overhaul of it's on board systems, certain parts can be
recalibrated only x many times, this time the only option is replacement.

Just to settle anyone's uncertainty about what the 10004 is, it is now listed in the timetable as the VIEWLINER inspection car.

With that posting 62091 was also removed from the roster permanently.

ApproachMedium wrote:Just to settle anyone's uncertainty about what the 10004 is, it is now listed in the timetable as the VIEWLINER inspection car.

With that posting 62091 was also removed from the roster permanently.

Interesting, thanks for the update!

It would be nice if someone could post a photo of 1004.

Any word on the fate of the other Viewliner prototype sleeper?

Matt Johnson wrote:Any word on the fate of the other Viewliner prototype sleeper?

The last I heard it is in Wilmington being used as a test bed for future interior configurations.

Does anyone have a photo?

I have photos of the 2300 but I cant share them online unfortunately. However, i have no idea where it is. The 2300 was last seen inside the bear shops last summer. When i visited the shop in October it was nowhere inside the shop building and nowhere on the property where i was toured. I wonder if its either been scrapped or sent back to beech grove? It is no longer at the wilmington engine shops. Instead in its place, is a non revenue Horizon coach.

ApproachMedium wrote:It is no longer at the wilmington engine shops. Instead in its place, is a non revenue Horizon coach.

Yes, Horizon Coach 54564. When I was in Wilmington last May I did not actually see the 2300 in my portion of the tour, just the 54564. However, an employee said that the 2300 was still there. I'm pretty sure I also saw it in early December alongside the ROW on a siding next to Wilmington, but I only got a quick glance. If you say that it has since moved though, I believe you. That is just the last sighting that I know of.

Is the blind end of a Viewliner considered the "B" end?
Have a spare Viewliner shell handy for a kitbash project.

Theres a pic on Facebook that was posted recently in one of the rail groups showing 10002 trailing on train #171 with its pantograph removed.

ACeInTheHole wrote:Theres a pic on Facebook that was posted recently in one of the rail groups showing 10002 trailing on train #171 with its pantograph removed.

saw the Corridor Clipper yesterday morning @ South Station, sitting on trk 6 bringing up the rear on train #171...pantograph is indeed removed

Backshophoss wrote:Is the blind end of a Viewliner considered the "B" end?
Have a spare Viewliner shell handy for a kitbash project.

LOL B ends are always refered to as the end with the hand brake. B for brakes. Some times with that the air brake rack or valve is located there as well. The Viewliner cars all have their handbrakes in the vestibule as does pretty much every other single vestibule car running around today. So its safe to say the B end is the end with the doors.

Amfleet Is its the end opposite the bathrooms. (opposite the Amtrak logo end)

electricron wrote:It would be nice if someone could post a photo of 1004.

If someone is out west, they may get a chance to take a picture next week.

There are two cars here, there is a 10004 and a 10005. One is a viewliner and one is something else. Supposedly the viewliner one was spotted in DC a few weeks ago but of course nobody has any photos.