Equipment
The train uses Amtrak's double-decker Superliner I & II equipment, including a Sightseer Lounge car that has floor-to-ceiling windows to enjoy the passing scenery. The Coast Starlight is the only train on the Amtrak system that features a first-class-only Pacific Parlour lounge car, (formerly Santa Fe Hi-Level Sky Lounge cars, built in 1956 for ATSF's "El Capitan" service). This car offers amenities to sleeping-car passengers, such as complimentary beverages, a library and games, a afternoon wine tasting (nominal fee) and a movie theater in the lower level. For children, play equipment and other distractions are provided in the Arcade Room (formerly Kiddie Car). Baggage is placed in a Heritage Baggage Car. Rarely, Amfleet cars may be added to the train.
The locomotives typically used on the Coast Starlight are part of Amtrak's mainstay fleet, the GE P42DC AMD-103 Genesis series. Secondary locomotives that are occasionally utilized are some of Amtrak's GE P32-8 (Dash 8) locomotives. In the past, EMD F40PH, SDP40F, FP7, and leased Southern Pacific SDP45 locomotives were used.
In rare cases, EMD F59PHI locomotives from the Amtrak Surfliner and Cascades routes, as well as Amtrak California, are used. On even rarer occasions, Caltrain EMD F40PH and MPI MP36PH-3C locomotives are used on the Coast Starlight, either as substitutes or while being transported to or from repair jobs. Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail locomotives were also used on the route.
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