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The Sunset Limited utilizes two-story Superliner railcars with coach seats on both the upper and lower levels.
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Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Other Hiawatha frequencies use different railcars and aren’t affected.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
What Happens Next The train, actually a suite of nine railcars that can be hitched to commercial locomotives, will be decommissioned sometime before the current maintenance contract expires in 2027.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The grain terminal includes storage capacity for 7.2 million bushels of grain, 200 railcars and 20 barges.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Other Hiawatha frequencies use different railcars and aren’t affected.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
What Happens Next The train, actually a suite of nine railcars that can be hitched to commercial locomotives, will be decommissioned sometime before the current maintenance contract expires in 2027.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The grain terminal includes storage capacity for 7.2 million bushels of grain, 200 railcars and 20 barges.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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