Operations
A typical Lake Shore Limited features both Boston (numbers 448/449) and New York (numbers 48/49) sections, which run combined between Chicago and Albany. The New York section includes a baggage car, Heritage Fleet dining car, two to three Viewliner sleeping cars, and three to five Amfleet II coaches. The Boston section has its own baggage car, two to three coaches, and a lounge car. During the 2000s and 2010s the Lake Shore Limited carried either a Horizon Fleet or Amfleet lounge car. Between November 2007 and December 2009, maintenance problems led Amtrak to withdraw the Heritage diners and substitute Amfleet Cafe-based diner-lites, a move that became a source of passenger displeasure and a liability for the route, as the Heritage cars could prepare fresh food on board. Amtrak's only Viewliner-type Dining Car, the Indianapolis #8400, is assigned to Lake Shore Limited service.
At Albany, the train splits into its Boston and New York sections. Low demand and cost-cutting led Amtrak to drop through service to Boston between 2003 and 2008; passengers made a cross-platform transfer to a shuttle train. A single diesel locomotive pulls the Boston section, typically a GE P42DC. The New York section uses a dual-mode P32 for third-rail power in Pennsylvania Station. West of Albany power is provided by two or three diesel locomotives.
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