Route and Equipment Used
The train serves a portion of the former Chicago-Houston Lone Star route. It connects to the national passenger rail system in Fort Worth through the Texas Eagle which serves San Antonio, Los Angeles, California, Chicago, and stations along the way. Trinity Railway Express provides local service to Dallas, where a connection to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system provides connections to several cities in the Dallas area. A scheduled run between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth takes four hours and fourteen minutes.
Locomotives commonly used on the Heartland Flyer include the General Electric P42DC and P32-8WH. Rolling stock includes Superliners. For many years, the train was powered by only one locomotive, and a Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU) on the end of the train opposite the locomotive made the train bi-directional. In 2009, the NPCU was replaced with a standard Genesis P42DC, and the train now has locomotive power on both ends.
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