Passenger Trains > ACEX 3103 @ Verona/Sunol, Ca; 02/07/2020

Altamont Corridor Express (ACEX) 3103 leads westbound passenger train ACE05 shortly before dawn on February 7, 2020

Is this Hearst siding? It looks to be the interchange with the Niles Canyon and is just west of the Castlewood Country Club

The train was full, lots of bikes on board

Jonathan Fischer
West Seattle, WA



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/20 18:28 by JFArrFan.

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We subsequently caught ACEX 3103 at Sunol with train ACE05

Then we caught train ACE07 at the Castlewood Country Club, powered by ACEX 3101 (the greens folks were very nice, once they understood our purpose). A bit later we caught ACE07, powered by ACEX 3106, in downtown Pleasonton.
 

Jonathan Fischer
West Seattle, WA



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/20 18:28 by JFArrFan.

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Nice shots, ACE doesn't get a whole lot of coverage.  Yep that's Hearst.

Have those silent Chargers entered revenue earning service yet? If not, does anyone know when that will happen and how long have we until the F40’s are withdrawn?

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Peak45068 Wrote:
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> Have those silent Chargers entered revenue earning
> service yet? If not, does anyone know when that
> will happen and how long have we until the F40’s
> are withdrawn?
>
> Posted from iPhone

From the little digging that I have done online I saw one report that said that deliveries would begin December 2019.  So it seems that Siemens is either behind, the date is wrong that I found, or somehow they haven't been spotted yet if delievered.  I find the last one highly unlikely.  They were ordered around April 2018.

Thanks, I thought they would be working by now as I read somewhere they were unfortunately being delivered 12/19.

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I like the going away shot!  Are those air tanks ahead of the fuel tank?  That looks different from what I remember of Amtrak F40's.

ACE 3110 was delivered last September and apparently accepted in December. Not sure how much use it has seen since then. The 3111 and 3112 are at Siemens getting close to being done. Haven't seen the 3113 yet.

mp51w Wrote:
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> I like the going away shot!  Are those air tanks
> ahead of the fuel tank?  That looks different
> from what I remember of Amtrak F40's.

This is a MPI F40PH-3C.  Basic F40 design but with a frame and carbody extension to house a seperate HEP genset.

Nice catches! If my memory is correct, ACE 3106 was the last F40 built.