In other news , look at these sexy beasts....they actually look lighter...:D
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Wait, they're still buying locomotives instead of EMUs?
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Amtrak promises improvements in 2013
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Have any pics or renderings of the midwest locos or rolling stock been released yet?
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As for the bi-level corridor cars, the order contract was just placed with Nippon-Sharyo a couple of months ago. There is a Nippon-Sharyo press release with an image of a bi-level coach-cab car, but it is likely a general rendering based on the proposal, not the final pre-production design. BTW, for the source for the news article on Amtrak's plans for 2013, the Amtrak news release can be here (5 page press release with just the PR highlights). |
If bilevel cars are inevitable for midwest service, I'd live to see something as sleek as these Dutch trains, only diesel (unfortunately) and with an loco designed to aesthetically match the rake, only without passenger windows of course.
http://www.info4security.com/Picture...ins_Conway.jpg http://www.info4security.com/Picture...ins_Conway.jpg or these great Stadler KISS: http://www.bahnbilder.de/1024/stadle...orn-533145.jpg http://www.bahnbilder.de/1024/stadle...orn-533145.jpg or Talgo: http://www.oiko.phnet.fi/images/Talgo-22-Helsinki.jpg http://www.oiko.phnet.fi/images/Talgo-22-Helsinki.jpg |
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One nice thing about the bilevel Talgos: they should that the Talgo tilting mechanism is compatible with a relatively high center of gravity. This means that a Talgo AVRIL can be raised to the NEC platform height; this train has mild tilting, and is capable of Acela cant deficiency, while at the same time running at 350 km/h and having a power-to-weight ratio higher than anything else on the market.
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http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...ay-end-673327/
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Thats sad , but hey its backwards PA they rather hand out big breaks to Gas and Coal companies then prop up a train line or train system.... Gotta love Corbett....:hell:
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Although I don’t agree with Corbett on pretty much anything, rail advocates have more important fights than for uncompetitive (and unlikely to become competitive unless someone pays for a reroute and a fair amount of tunneling) nine-hour-long legacy rail services.
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I suspect Penn DOT will provide the operating subsidy for the Pennsylvanian once they get an earful from the communities on the route. The Pennsylvanian is the last remaining train running between the 2 largest cities in PA and despite the trip time between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, has good ridership numbers.
In FY2012, the Pennsylvanian had 212 thousand passengers for stops west of 30th Street Station. Passengers taking the train only between 30th Street and NY Penn Station (NYP) are counted as NEC riders. Checking the Amtrak September 2012 monthly report (which covers the end of FY12), the Pennsylvanian is the second busiest one train a day corridor service in the Amtrak system, second to the Carolinian. The train had $9.28 million in ticket revenue and total revenue of $9.9 million in total revenue (the difference mostly in food and beverage sales). The total operating cost in FY12 was $15.4 million which is the gap that has to be provided by PA plus capital charge for the equipment. Ticket revenue (+12.3%) is up above ridership (+4.0%) for the first 2 months of FY2013, so Amtrak appears to be increasing Rickert prices to boost revenue to trim the operating loss prior to providing Penn DOT with a FY2014 subsidy request. Amtrak is planning to add sleeper and coach cars to the Pennsylvanian as pass-through cars to be added to Capitol Limited to go to Chicago. However, the equipment to do that won't be available until sometime in 2014 when enough of the new long distance cars being built by CAF are delivered. If Penn DOT and the Governor refuse to pick up the tab, Amtrak might be able to cover the Pennsylvanian by classifying it as an LD train because of the pas-through cars. Or after a service interruption starting on October 1 2013, restore the Three Rivers as an LD train to Chicago in late 2014 once there is enough delivered equipment to run it. Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Chicago is too big a market for Amtrak to let get shut down because of the political leanings of the current Governor. |
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I wonder would there be enough ridership potential to support HSR between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with continuing service to NY/DC?
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