List of USRA passenger car types (Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg)

This article deals with the passenger cars of the United States Railway Administration.
== List ==
=== USRA Standard Coaches (long-distance) ===
The USRA Standard Coaches were designed from 1949 to 1951. These cars are used on long-distance trains, though through cars (usually sleepers and RPOs) are frequently seen on short-distance routes; the Phase 1 cars were rated for 100 MPH, while all future cars are rated for 125 MPH. As of 2023, the Phase 1 cars are used exclusively with steam locomotives due to be incompatible with head-end power (HEP), while the Phase 2 cars were refurbished from 1985 to 1991 for HEP compatibility.
Name 	Built 	Builder(s) 	Types of cars	Years of service
Phase 1	1952-58 	Budd Company
Pullman Standard
American Car & Foundry	Coach (including dome)
Baggage
Diner (including dome)
Lounge (including dome)
Sleeper
RPO
Observation (including dome)
Big Dome
Great Dome
Super Dome
Sun Lounge
Slumbercoach	1952-present
Phase 2	1967-71 	Budd Company
Pullman Standard	Coach (including dome)
Baggage
Diner (including dome)
Lounge (including dome)
Sleeper
RPO
Observation (including dome)	1968-present
Phase 3
Amfleet	1973-83 	Budd Company	Coach
Baggage
Diner
Lounge
Sleeper
RPO
Observation	1974-present
Phase 4
Viewliner I	1995-2002 	Bombardier Transportation
Colorado Railcar	Coach
Baggage
Diner
Lounge
Sleeper
RPO
Observation	1996-present
Phase 5
Viewliner II	2014-present	Bombardier Transportation (2014-21)
Alstom (2021-present)	Coach
Baggage
Diner
Lounge
Sleeper
RPO
Observation	2015-present
=== USRA Standard Coaches (short-distance) ===
In the 1960s, the USRA designed a standard for coaches to be used on shorter-distance regional, local, commuter, and branchline services. These were not given Phase designations, instead being given serial names including Silverliner, Comet, and Shoreliner. The Silverliner series was also used as the basis for electric multiple units (EMU).
Name 	Built 	Builder(s) 	Types of cars	Years of service
Silverliner I 	1956-58 	Budd Company 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1956-90
Silverliner II 	1963-64 	Budd Company 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1963-2012
Silverliner III	1967-68 	Budd Company 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1967-2012
Comet I 	1970-73 	Pullman Standard 	Coach
Cab Car	1970-2009
Silverliner IV 	1973-74 	Budd Company 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1974-present
Comet II 	1982-83 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cab Car	1982-present
Shoreliner I 	1983-84 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cab Car	1983-present
Shoreliner II 	1987-88 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1987-present
Horizon 	1988-90 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cafe 	1989-present
Comet III 	1990-91 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cab Car	1990-2010
Shoreliner III 	1991-92 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1991-present
Shoreliner IV 	1996-98 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1996-present
Comet IV 	1996-98 	Bombardier Transportation	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	1996-present
Comet V 	1999-2004 	Alstom 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	2002-present
Silverliner V 	2009-16 	Hyundai Rotem 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	2009-present
Venture 	2017-present	Siemens Mobility 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	2018-present
=== Bilevel coaches ===
In 1950, the Burlington Northern Region took delivery of double-decker "gallery cars" from Budd for use on Chicago commuter services. These cars were not built to the Phase 1 standard, and were yet another example of the regions being run as if they were still private. The USRA, however, saw the usefulness of double-decker coaches, especially on the western routes which had more generous clearances than the older eastern lines. While a bilevel standard would quickly be adopted for commuter lines, it took until 1975 for them to be adopted on long-distance routes, with the advent of the Superliner.
Commuter cars have "Phase" designations with the "B" suffix.
Name 	Built 	Builder(s) 	Types of cars	Assignment 	Years of service
Hi-Level 	1952-64 	Budd Company 	Coach
Step-Down Coach
Lounge
Diner	Long-distance 	1954-2018
Phase B1 	1950-72 	St. Louis Car Company/Pullman Standard	Coach
Cab Car	Commuter 	1950-present
Phase B2 	1973-80 	Budd Company 	Coach
Cab Car	Commuter 	1974-present
Superliner I 	1975-81 	Pullman Standard 	Coach
Coach-Baggage
Diner
Sleeper
Sightseers Lounge
Transition Sleeper	Long-Distance 	1979-present
Phase B3 	1985-86 	Nippon Sharyo 	Coach
Cab Car	Commuter 	1985-present
BiLevel 	1988-present
(began production for Canadian customers in 1976)	Bombardier Transportation (1989-2021)
Alstom (2021-present)	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	Commuter 	1989-present
Phase B4 	1994-2000 	Morrison-Knudsen/Amerail/Nippon Sharyo	Coach
Cab Car	Commuter 	1994-present
Superliner II 	1991-96 	Bombardier Transportation 	Coach
Coach-Baggage
Diner
Sleeper
Sightseers Lounge
Transition Sleeper	Long-Distance 	1994-present
California 	1994-97 	Morrison-Kudsen
Amerail 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	Northern California regional services	1995-present
Surfliner 	1998-2002 	Alstom 	Coach
Cafe
Cab Car	Southern California regional services	2000-present
Phase B5 	2002-14 	Sumitomo/Nippon Sharyo 	Coach
Cab Car	Commuter 	2002-present
Superliner III	construction starts in 2024	Alstom 	Coach
Coach-Baggage
Diner
Sleeper
Sightseers Lounch
Transition Sleeper
Observation	Long-distance 	first cars projected to enter service in 2025
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