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Passenger Trains > Acella Engines with Amfleet.Date: 03/19/25 12:15 Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: Tominde What condition are Acella engines in? Could they be useful after retirement? For example on clocker/Harrisburg trains. I know Acela coaches are tired and don't have low platform capability. Could SEPTA or NJT use the engines?
Date: 03/19/25 12:39 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: MattW No, they're highly specialized, extra-heavy engines, intended to be used specifically in their trainsets. Any kind of conversion would cost as much or more as just buying new, lighter locomotives.
Date: 03/19/25 13:06 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: joemvcnj Converting Acela locos or cars into regular RR equipment is like starting from scratch, similar situation as the RTG and RTL Turboliners.
The whole point is they are worn out and parts are hard to come by. Date: 03/19/25 14:07 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: DutchDragon Does Amtrak have a shortage of electric locomotives?
Date: 03/19/25 14:09 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: Jonny_Chi Weren’t the HHP -8s essentially Acela locos just double cabbed?
Posted from iPhone Date: 03/19/25 14:37 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: PHall MattW Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > No, they're highly specialized, extra-heavy > engines, intended to be used specifically in their > trainsets. Any kind of conversion would cost as > much or more as just buying new, lighter > locomotives. Put two Acela power cars back to back and run them as married pairs. Date: 03/19/25 17:04 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: joemvcnj They have a surplus of Sprinter locos as it is. They wanted the HHPs's gone. These are equally hated.
Date: 03/19/25 19:15 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: WM_1109 PHall Wrote:
> Put two Acela power cars back to back and run them > as married pairs. But what to do with those annoying passengers? /Ted Date: 03/19/25 20:57 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: PHall WM_1109 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > PHall Wrote: > > Put two Acela power cars back to back and run > them > > as married pairs. > > But what to do with those annoying passengers? > /Ted Put them in the Amfleet cars they're pulling, duh... Date: 03/20/25 18:27 Re: Acella Engines with Amfleet. Author: Mike6640-2 PHall Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > WM_1109 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > PHall Wrote: > > > Put two Acela power cars back to back and run > > them > > > as married pairs. > > > > But what to do with those annoying passengers? > > /Ted > > Put them in the Amfleet cars they're pulling, > duh... > just put handholds on the outside,let them hang off of it > if its good in India, its good here................... |