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The Official Western Rails California Superliner Car Conversion Information Page

The Official Western Rails
Northern California Corridor
Superliner Car Conversions Information Page


EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2009

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 table below are completed conversions that are assigned to the Oakland pool. The cars listed on another related page linked below, are 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 enclosures have been installed, giving the cars a fresh new look.


Cars in the table are painted in the Blue/Orange/Gold scheme, with the Blue and Green "CT" Logo and are dispatched from the Oakland Coach Yards. Cars listed on another related page linked below are painted in Surfliner Blue/Silver/White and will also have the "CT" Logo and are assigned to the Pacific Surfliner Service Equipment Pool, which is dispatched from the Redondo Junction Coach Yards in Los Angeles, CA.


NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPERLINER CAR CONVERSIONS
AMTK NUMBER CDTX NUMBER CAR NAME Type of Damage
Location
Train Number
Route Name
Out Of Service
Returned to Service
Upper Level Seats
Lower Level Seats
31034 31934 CEDAR GROVE
Burbonnaise, IL
59
City of
New Orleans
03/15/00
07/31/09
76
Baggage Room
34043 34943 OAK GROVE 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
07/13/07

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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