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Passenger Trains > WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructionDate: 09/22/22 09:43 WaPost article on new high speed train sets under construction Author: 2-10-2 Pretty well written except for the “gear shifts” mention on the engineer’s console.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/09/22/amtrak-acela-high-speed-trains/ (Maybe the gear shift is for a 5 or 6 spd transmission vs a 4-spd, that’s what makes it faster) Posted from iPhone Date: 09/22/22 10:16 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: RevRandy no mention of the Warp Speed control -
But, yes, a good look at what is coming. Date: 09/22/22 11:33 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: pdt Pay wall for some of us...
Date: 09/22/22 11:54 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: ronald321 Reference is made to Train No. 15 nearing the end of production line.
Does this mean 15 train sets have been completed? If so, that's a lot more than I expected. Date: 09/22/22 14:30 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: widowsihler ronald321 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Reference is made to Train No. 15 nearing the end > of production line. > > Does this mean 15 train sets have been completed? > > If so, that's a lot more than I expected It's a head-scratcher, all right. Another question: the "shells" are aluminum, it is said. How does that work with the buffering requirements for passenger cars? Date: 09/22/22 14:39 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: Lackawanna484 At full schedule, with reliability centered maintenance, Amtrak needed 20 Acela train sets, as I recall.
Posted from Android Date: 09/22/22 15:02 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: ronald321 The current Acels trains total 20
Amtrak ordered 28 of the new ones. (Hope they don't wind up in storage, like the Venture coaches) Date: 09/22/22 15:17 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: joemvcnj Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > At full schedule, with reliability centered > maintenance, Amtrak needed 20 Acela train sets, as > I recall. 17 running, 3 in maintenance. Date: 09/22/22 15:22 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: jp1822 But how many Acela Express train sets are running at present. I beleive that it's still pulled back a bit!
Date: 09/23/22 03:17 Re: WaPost article on new high speed train sets under constructio Author: goduckies How is the view in the cab, seams worse.
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