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California Department Of Transportation's Division of Intercity Rail Program's Rail Passenger Car Technology Branch and Amtrak have selected a number of Superliners to be converted into corridor coaches for use on the Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquin, and Capitol Corridor routes to augment capacity. The cars being rebuilt with funds made possible through the Caltrans Division of Rail, were built by the Pullman Standard Company in Kensington, Illinois in 1978. They were originally wrecked, derailed, damaged, or otherwise stored or surplussed. They had accidents at various locations around the country, as well as Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. The cars in the top table are completed conversions that are assigned to the Oakland pool. The cars in the bottom table will be assigned to Los Angeles, for use on the Surfliners. All of the cars have had the run-through cabling installed, so that they are able to be operated in push-pull service. New seats, carpeting, stairwell linoleum, vestibule flooring, and new lavatory inclosures have been installed, giving the cars a fresh new look.
Cars in the top table are painted in the Blue/Orange/Gold scheme, with the Blue and Green "CT" Logo. Cars in the bottom table are painted in Surfliner Blue/Silver/White and will also have the "CT" Logo and the words "Amtrak California".
| AMTK NUMBER | CDTX NUMBER | CAR NAME | ASSIGNMENT | Type of Damage Location | Train Number Route Name | DATE | Returned To Service | Upper Level Seats | Lower Level Seats |
| 34043 | 34943 | OAK GROVE | San Joaquins Capitols | General Damage Denver, CO | 6 California Zephyr | 03/28/03 | 03/07/08 | 76 | 20 |
| 34053 | 34953 | PACIFIC GROVE | Derailment Kensington, MD | 30 Capitol Limited | 07/29/02 | 07/13/07 | |||
| 34081 | 34981 | PLEASANT GROVE | Derailment Kansas City, MO | 3 Southwest Chief | 02/07/04 | ||||
| AMTK NUMBER | CDTX NUMBER | CAR NAME | ASSIGNMENT | Type of Damage Location | Train Number Route Name | DATE | Returned To Service | Upper Level Seats | Lower Level Seats |
| 34051 | 34951 | REDWOOD GROVE | Surfliner | Wrecked Georgetown, ON | 365 International | 11/09/99 | 76 | 20 | |
| 34060 31592 | 34960 | SEQOUIA GROVE | Wrecked Flora/Betonia, MS | 58 City of New Orleans | 04/06/04 | ||||
| 34067 | 34967 | SYCAMORE GROVE | Water Heater Explosion Raton, NM | 4 Southwest Chief | 02/17/02 | ||||
Information in the above table is courtesy of On Track On Line by David Warner and Dan Ainsworth's Superliner Information Page
Some Information on this page is also provided courtesy of Stanton Hunter, Caltrans Divison Of Rail - Passenger Cars Technology Branch.
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