page_title: List of Amtrak rolling stock
section_title: Locomotives
hierarchical_section_title: List of Amtrak rolling stock / Former (inherited) / Locomotives
caption_attribution_description: English: A southbound Amtrak Metroliner train emerging from the North River Tunnels in June 1972
context_page_description: Amtrak operates a fleet of passenger train rolling stock consisting of predominantly custom-built equipment. The active fleet includes some 240 road diesel locomotives, 66 electric locomotives, 1,408 passenger cars and 20 Acela Express high-speed trainsets. Additionally, the ownership seven Talgo trainsets and 49 Surfliner railcars are split between Amtrak and state partners; with Amtrak owning the equivalent of two Talgo trainsets and 39 Surfliner cars. Amtrak also operates 196 locomotives and railcars owned wholly by state partners.
context_section_description: Amtrak inherited numerous locomotives from private railroads on its formation in 1971. Most of these were retired by the end of the decade, if not earlier. These locomotives are enumerated below, with their original owners.
caption: Budd Metroliner in 1972.
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