Amtrak Airo
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Amtrak Airo is a class of intercity, high-speed passenger trainsets being built by Siemens Mobility for Amtrak. The trainsets are based on the Siemens Charger locomotives and Siemens Venture passenger
The first Airo trainset heads east through East Norden, California, in July 2025.
ALC-42E diesel locomotive in Cascades livery paired with the first Airo diesel-only trainset
Amfleet
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Amfleet is a fleet of single-level intercity railroad passenger cars built by the Budd Company for American company Amtrak in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Budd based the Amfleet design on its earli
Amtrak Airo
…a Siemens Charger ALC-42E diesel-electric locomotive and either an Auxiliary Power Vehicle (APV) or a battery car. The Airo trainsets will replace the Amfleet I and Horizon coaches, as well as the Talgo trainsets. Amtrak claims safety and reliability improvements by managing operations across entire trainsets…
Amfleet I coach class car in 2025
Amfleet I quiet car interior
The Budd Metroliners were the basis of the Amfleet design.
Mid-1970s postcard advertising the then-new Amfleet cars