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Passenger Trains > Acela LibertysDate: 01/31/25 12:23 Acela Libertys Author: amtrakbill Date: 01/31/25 12:42 Re: Acela Libertys Author: cabsignaldrop Some have been sitting there for several years. Wonder if they will see service soon?
Posted from Android Date: 01/31/25 12:48 Re: Acela Libertys Author: amtrakbill Amtrak says April 2025
Posted from iPhone Date: 01/31/25 13:03 Re: Acela Libertys Author: joemvcnj amtrakbill Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Amtrak says April 2025 Donating to Strasburg ? Date: 01/31/25 13:10 Re: Acela Libertys Author: Mike6640-2 joemvcnj Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > amtrakbill Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Amtrak says April 2025 > > Donating to Strasburg ? > . or the museum across the street. Date: 01/31/25 13:21 Re: Acela Libertys Author: Lackawanna484 April 1 ?
Posted from Android Date: 01/31/25 14:39 Re: Acela Libertys Author: cutboy1958 So let's guess May or June. Two extra car s per train will be a big deal.
Remember the idea of a vastly improved Northeast Corridor was to help rduce congestion at airports and on the highway. Congestion is a word on the 'news' a lot since Wed/ Sadly, Date: 01/31/25 14:47 Re: Acela Libertys Author: jp1822 I doubt it will be Spring 2025. Lucky if it will be Fall 2025.
Date: 01/31/25 14:50 Re: Acela Libertys Author: ts1457 jp1822 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I doubt it will be Spring 2025. Lucky if it will > be Fall 2025. Maybe never at the rate things are going. Date: 01/31/25 15:39 Re: Acela Libertys Author: PumpkinHogger They display the historic, not the pathetic.
> amtrakbill Wrote: > > Donating to Strasburg ? Date: 01/31/25 17:03 Re: Acela Libertys Author: ProAmtrak amtrakbill Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Amtrak says April 2025 > > Posted from iPhone I'll see it to believe it, they've been saying this and that for the past few years! Posted from Android Date: 01/31/25 18:01 Re: Acela Libertys Author: ronald321 If I remember correctly -- this Acela-2 order cost over $1 Billion dollars -
with the first two sets delivered for testing in 2020 During the ensuing 5 years -- AMManagement has said very little about them-- just stored them. Elon Musk should have a field-day with this! - and he probably has a valid point. If he claims Amtrak is "Wasteful Government Spending", because Gardner sat on a Billion dollars investment for 5 years, without generating a Dime of income --- who can argue the point? Date: 01/31/25 18:13 Re: Acela Libertys Author: boejoe Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > April 1 ? > > Posted from Android Also April Fool's Day! jb Date: 01/31/25 18:19 Re: Acela Libertys Author: ts1457 What is left to correct?
I guess the car bodies still leak. Could they be put in service at a lower than design speed? Date: 02/01/25 06:42 Re: Acela Libertys Author: PE-717 First cars ever to need a 40 year rebuild before entering service.
Posted from iPhone Date: 02/01/25 06:45 Re: Acela Libertys Author: Lackawanna484 ts1457 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What is left to correct? > > I guess the car bodies still leak. > > Could they be put in service at a lower than > design speed? > > There was some discussion about whether the onboard computer systems interfaced properly with tne ACSES control system used on the NEC Date: 02/01/25 06:47 Re: Acela Libertys Author: ts1457 Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > There was some discussion about whether the > onboard computer systems interfaced properly with > tne ACSES control system used on the NEC Thanks. This order might turn into a complete loss. Date: 02/01/25 07:37 Re: Acela Libertys Author: mvrr10 So Amtrak isn't still calling them Acela 21s ? They'll debut in 2021 and completely replace the original Acelas in 2022 we were told......
Date: 02/01/25 08:42 Re: Acela Libertys Author: jp1822 ts1457 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Lackawanna484 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There was some discussion about whether the > > onboard computer systems interfaced properly > with > > tne ACSES control system used on the NEC > > Thanks. > > This order might turn into a complete loss. I said that two years ago after looking at the list of complications and challenges that had to be modified. The more they sit, the more they also age. This is a real travesty of a story. DOGE gets a hold of just this alone, Amtrak is up a creek. Yet this could be a "Conrail success story" if someone would take an interest........ Date: 02/01/25 10:19 Re: Acela Libertys Author: Lackawanna484 In business contracts, issues like this often go to arbitration.
Can this equipment be safely operated at 90 mph? Or 80 mph? Is the software failure due to the maker, or poor specs? Did Amtrak sign off on incomplete or fraudulent samples? No rational enterprise, which desperately needs seats, is going to let this equipment sit for five years. Leaking. Posted from Android |