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Viewliner
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1988· passenger railcars used by Amtrak
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Viewliner on Lake Shore Limited at Yawkey: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Viewliner Roomette on the Cardinal - June 2022 - Sarah Stierch 01: Missvain· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Amtrak Viewliner I sleeper 62019 in Phase VII paint at Boston South Station March 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Viewliner (13970131747): Walter from Tampa/St Petersburg, Florida· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Viewliner II Wilmington DE (cropped): Fan Railer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Viewliner diner Atlanta on the Capitol Limited, November 2017: Mark Levisay from Ruckersville, VA, USA· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 26 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 38 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- status
- in service
- number built
- 183
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company, Morrison-Knudsen, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Amtrak
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 26 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7928804, Wikipedia: Viewliner (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.