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Originally Posted by SoCalKid
Anyone have any thoughts on this selection? I don't know much about trainsets or how this will impact Brightline or other HSR throughout the US.
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The Avelia HSR trainsets have front and back locomotives on each end of the train, with the driving wheels under the locomotives. The Siemens HSR trainsets have front and back facing cabs, but the driving wheels are not under the cabs, they are scattered throughout the train, like many EMUs.
The main advantage of the EMU arrangement is more driving wheels, which means less wheel slippage, and should be better at climbing and descending mountains.
Note, I wrote should be better, we will have to wait for the finished project to be certain.
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