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Originally Posted by ardecila
Unfortunately the design of these cars is very similar to Amtrak's California Cars, which are based on the Superliner, which are based on the Santa Fe's El Capitan cars dating back to 1955.
The Michigan Services already use Superliners, so visually there will be very little change from the existing cars. Hopefully Michigan at least follows on the white and maroon paint scheme of the Talgos. The paint scheme on California Cars is different than Amtrak's insipid red/white/blue scheme.
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The Michigan services primarily use single level Horizon cars. The Superliners, to the best of my knowledge, are used mostly in the winter during prolonged cold periods because the Horizons don't handle colder winter conditions very well.
The Superliners won't be used often for the Wolverine service because the cars are limited to 100 mph max speed. The Horizons can run up to 125 mph, so they will be used on the Wolverine service because of the 110 mph segments in MI. The new bi-level corridor cars are specified for 125 mph, so they won't have the speed limit constraints of the Superliner cars.
What is wrong with the bi-level cars? People will get a better view from the upper windows.