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The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.
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Matt Johnson wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:00 pm Also the Acela blob thing is backwards on the right side, as on the model which turned out to be completely accurate.It looks like they are keeping it with the acela text as a whole logo so I bet it'll remain that way.
Matt Johnson wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:16 pm The second set based on a video I saw has the full, final paint scheme, and they didn't fix the mismatch in profile between locomotives and coaches. So, no hope of additional shrouding/cladding. Oh well.Yeah but the full paint job helps a lot.
BandA wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:38 pm What's with the splatter of paint near the door? What is the car at the center of the consist?Reminds me of the short-lived fading graphic on the original Genesis locos. Why Amtrak? Why do it again?
photobug56 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:31 amTry to imagine how the builders of the Lackawanna Railroad would react to a train like that.Builders: How many Pullmans?
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:27 pmI've always felt that the fading graphic on the genesis and now the Avelia Liberty reminds me of a certain scene in Marvel cinematography...BandA wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:38 pm What's with the splatter of paint near the door? What is the car at the center of the consist?GEN.jpg
Reminds me of the short-lived fading graphic on the original Genesis locos. Why Amtrak? Why do it again?
The car without doors with the blue stripe? That's the seatless cafe.
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:27 pmCorrect. On the other side of the train you can see a break in the windows where the cafe counter is.
The car without doors with the blue stripe? That's the seatless cafe.
Pensyfan19 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:07 pmKind of reminds me how Amtrak is doing so far with decreased ridership and being threatened with budget cuts, especially after losing the Hoosier State last year.I would describe the termination of the Hoosier State as a net gain. A perpetually late train with a perpetually stubborn political sponsor. Allowing the train to finally die allowed Amtrak to show other communities that, "yes" they will in fact terminate service in places that refuse to pay the mandated PRIIA formula.
gokeefe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:14 pm Post Script ... You will be able to hear the shouting in the conference rooms the day it comes out: "Why the f*** does Richmond get Acela service before Albany?!?"Perhaps, but we will be on Acela III by the time Richmond gets electric service. Lotta rail to build before then, as well as solving the Ashland problem (meaning a tunnel or bypass for CSX) and ponying up for the necessary electrical distribution system and 25kV 60Hz system, undercutting the 1st Street Tunnel in DC to clear wire - oh yeah, and a second Long Bridge.
If you think I'm kidding think again. Its no joke at all. Read the tea leaves and you'll see it's already being brewed. Albany may not fully realize it yet but when they do there will be phone lines burning at 1 Mass Ave.