The Twilight Shoreliner was a sleeper train operated by Amtrak

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

 on the Northeast Corridor

Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor is a fully electrified railway line owned primarily by Amtrak serving the Northeast megalopolis of the United States from Boston in the north, via New York to Washington, D.C. in the south, with branches serving other cities...

. The Federal replaced the Twilight Shoreliner and eventually became just another regional train.

Consist

The Twilight Shoreliner's consist initially was:

• Viewliner Sleeper
• Amfleet I Café (Twilight Café)
• Amfleet I Custom Class Coach
• Amfleet I Café
• Amfleet I Coach
• Amfleet I Coach
• Amfleet I Coach
• Heritage Fleet Baggage
• MHC Mail Car
• AEM-7 Engine BOS-WAS
• P42 Engine WAS-NPN

However, due to budget cutbacks in 2001, the train ended up losing certain services and was scaled down to look like:

• Viewliner Sleeper
• Amfleet I Café
• Amfleet I Coach
• Amfleet I Coach
• Amfleet I Coach
• AEM-7 Engine

The Twilight Sleeper

The Twilight Sleeper was the same design as other Viewliner

Viewliner

The Viewliner is a single-level car type used by Amtrak on eastern routes. With the exception of a prototype dining car named "Indianapolis" , all cars built so far are sleeping cars and are assigned names that include the word "View."- Early design :...

 sleepers, but contained Twilight Shoreliner soaps, curtains and special windows. The Twilight Shoreliner Sleeper was the only sleeper on the Northeast Corridor. Maintenance issues with the Viewliners led Amtrak to remove the sleepers from the Twilight Shoreliner and add them to other long distance trains.

The Twilight Cafe

The Twilight Cafe was for Custom class and Sleeping car passengers only. Meals were served by an attendant on Trays, the Twilight Cafe was more luxurious then the coach cafe.

Route

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

• Boston-South Station
• Boston-Back Bay
• Route 128-Westwood

Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

• Providence
• Kingston
• Westerly

Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

• Mystic
• New London
• Old Saybrook
• New Haven-Union
• Stamford

New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

• New York City-Penn

New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

• Newark-Penn
• Metropark
• Trenton

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

• Philadelphia-30th Street

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

• Wilmington

Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

• Aberdeen
• Baltimore-Penn
• New Carrolton

• Washington, DC-Union

Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

• Alexandria
• Woodbridge
• Quantico
• Fredricksburg
• Ashland
• Richmond
• Williamsburg
• Newport News

Connecting Motorcoach service to Virginia Beach