Passenger Trains > Acela at Caddoa tonight

8 hrs behind and still 30 min from LaJunta

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Magnificent vids, thank you.

Go Pacific Bend!

For the unwashed, what are we looking at? d

the replacement for the Acela
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avelia_Liberty

SD45X Wrote:
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> 8 hrs behind and still 30 min from LaJunta

Trying to understand how the train was 8 hours late ???

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I cannot but wonder how the ride quality is on that new Acela Trainset?  Those cars do not look to be very comfortable with being semi-coupled together and sharing trucks.  My problem is that I still enjoy riding on the traditional passenger cars as I have made many trips up and down the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, former Pennsylvania Railroad and rode it when it was still Pennsylvania and then Penn Central as well as Amtrak.  What many folks do not understand is that the old GG-1's operated at fast speeds pulling conventional equipment and when the tracks were very well maintained prior to when the Pennsy merged with the NYC, this was a very comfortable railroad and keep in mind that the Pennsylvania Railroad was still operating all kinds of freight trains over this line at the same time.  The younger generation of today have no idea what it was like back then and I realize that this is not their fault.  I'm just giving my own personal opinion from those times.   So we will just have to wait and see how these new trainsets perform when Amtrak begins to operate them.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

I rode the Italia trains and they have the same builder and it was amazing. Granted the row was much better.

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> Trying to understand how the train was 8 hours
> late ???   

the BN computer may not have reflected the 50 mph restriction that maybe amtrak put on it?

thanks mojacket. d

dan Wrote:
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> > Trying to understand how the train was 8 hours
> > late ???   
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> the BN computer may not have reflected the 50 mph
> restriction that maybe amtrak put on it?


Winner!! Supposed to be at Lajunta at noon.

ClubCar Wrote:
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> I cannot but wonder how the ride quality is on
> that new Acela Trainset?  Those cars do not look
> to be very comfortable with being semi-coupled
> together and sharing trucks.  My problem is that
> I still enjoy riding on the traditional passenger
> cars as I have made many trips up and down the
> Amtrak Northeast Corridor, former Pennsylvania
> Railroad and rode it when it was still
> Pennsylvania and then Penn Central as well as
> Amtrak.  What many folks do not understand is
> that the old GG-1's operated at fast speeds
> pulling conventional equipment and when the tracks
> were very well maintained prior to when the Pennsy
> merged with the NYC, this was a very comfortable
> railroad and keep in mind that the Pennsylvania
> Railroad was still operating all kinds of freight
> trains over this line at the same time.  The
> younger generation of today have no idea what it
> was like back then and I realize that this is not
> their fault.  I'm just giving my own personal
> opinion from those times.   So we will just have
> to wait and see how these new trainsets perform
> when Amtrak begins to operate them.
> John in White Marsh, Maryland

Brand new, never turned a wheel in revenue service, but the naysayers are all ready raising their heads.  Give it a chance at least.