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=== Equipment === [[File:Ethan Allen Express running into New York Penn station.webm|thumb|left|A typical ''Ethan Allen Express'' train in New York City|alt=Video of a passenger train with a locomotive and five passenger cars]] ''Ethan Allen Express'' trains typically have five [[Amfleet]] passenger cars: four coaches plus a [[Amfleet#Club cars|club car]] with 2x1 business class seating and a cafe area.<ref name="burl-ext-bfp">{{Cite web |last=Angelo |first=Lilly St |title=Amtrak expected to begin route from Burlington to New York in July |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2022/03/23/vermont-amtrak-service-burlington-nyc-start-july/7120486001/ |access-date=March 30, 2022 |website=The Burlington Free Press |date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> Trains operate with two [[GE Genesis|GE P32AC-DM]] dual-mode locomotives, one at each end, which operate on [[third rail]] electric power in Penn Station and the Empire Connection tunnel and on diesel power for the rest of the route.<ref name="vat">{{Cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/reports/2010ExternalReports/253921.pdf |title=Passenger Rail Equipment Options for the Amtrak Vermonter and Ethan Allen Express |last=Vermont Agency of Transportation |author-link=Vermont Agency of Transportation |date=January 2010 |website=Vermont Legislature |access-date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> In the late 2020s and early 2030s, all equipment will be replaced with Amtrak Airo trainsets, the railroad's branding of its combination of [[Siemens Venture]] passenger cars and a [[Siemens Charger]] diesel-electric locomotive.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Introducing Our New Trains: Amtrak Airo |url=https://www.amtrak.com/amtrak-airo |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=Amtrak |language=en}}</ref> The trainsets for the ''Ethan Allen Express'' will have six passenger cars, which will include a cab [[control car]] food service area and a mix of 2x2 coach and 2x1 business class seating. The car closest to the locomotive will have batteries to supply electricity to traction motors in the locomotive when operating in Penn Station and the Empire Connection tunnel, eliminating the need for third rail propulsion.<ref name="2022 Asset Line Plan">{{Cite web |title=Amtrak FY 2022β2027 Asset Line Plan |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/businessplanning/Amtrak-Service-Asset-Line-Plans-FY22-27.pdf |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=[[Amtrak]] |page=132}}</ref>
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