Amtrak Heartland Flyer consist which ho cars to use

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello,
I am trying to find the cars that they use on the Heartland Flyer . I know they use a Superliner in the Heartland Flyer consist. But what cars on the Heartland Flyer do they use so I can model the Heartland Flyer in ho.

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I thought that Amtrak was using ex Santa Fe Hi Level cars on the Flyer. I will see what I can find on this.

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Here a couple of pics of flyer. I am not an expert on these type cars, but they do not look like Superliner’s.

http://www.texhoma.net/~trainman/bigcanyon0306/dsc01380a.html

http://www.texhoma.net/~trainman/bigcanyon0306/dsc01381.html

I also found an artical that says there are Hi Levels in the consist and appears to be pretty current (10/06).

http://www.railpac.org/

And then there is this, it lists a typical consist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_Flyer

Hope that helps.

Mike in Tulsa

BNSF Cherokee Sub