Amfleet

Amfleet is the name of the single-level intercity passenger cars that the Budd Company of Philadelphia built for Amtrak in two series, the Amfleet I cars of 1975 to 1977 and the Amfleet II cars of 1980 to 1983. Budd based the design on its earlier Metroliner electric multiple unit, and in 1973 it still held the Metroliner tooling when Amtrak placed a first order for 57 cars. The orders grew to 492 Amfleet I cars, intended for short-distance service with vestibules at both ends, and 150 Amfleet II cars for long-distance trains, with a single vestibule, slightly larger windows and more legroom. The cars were built as coaches, cafes, club cars and lounges, and later rebuilds replaced some of these with business class and dining cars. They were the first new locomotive-hauled intercity cars that Amtrak ordered and the last intercity cars Budd built, and 580 of the original 642 were still in service in October 2023.