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Passenger Trains > The First Acela SetDate: 10/13/10 05:19 The First Acela Set Author: stansrailpix Penn Coach Yard, Philadelphia PA 6/9/1999 The "hood" is open.
 Date: 10/13/10 05:36 Re: The First Acela Set Author: joemvcnj I am surprised, with their recent overhauls, they haven't eradicated that silly livery of turquoise and blue blobs on their sides. I think passenger equipment looks better with bold horizontal stripes and features, especially on bland looking vehicles such as these. They look like they were shrink wrapped, and 90% of it pealed off.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/10 06:26 by joemvcnj. Date: 10/13/10 16:06 Re: The First Acela Set Author: GenePoon The stupid blobs looked like they were thought up by someone on a drug trip. David Gunn, who did not do drugs, had them removed from the Amfleets, but not the Acelas.
Date: 10/13/10 19:23 Re: The First Acela Set Author: SBC_1344 Had no idea these sets had knuckle couplers, sound like a pretty good idea. How about the airbrake system? TGV based? or AAR based?
Date: 10/13/10 22:24 Re: The First Acela Set Author: hsr_fan SBC_1344 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Had no idea these sets had knuckle couplers, sound > like a pretty good idea. Only under the nose shrouds of the locomotives, of course. To clarify, in case there's any confusion, the cars within the trainset are semi-permanently attached with drawbars. Date: 10/14/10 04:32 Re: The First Acela Set Author: bandob Picture worth 1,000 words dept.
Knuckle-coupler close ups, and with shroud in place. B&OB    |