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Sadly, three fatalities so far.

Probably on Acela, imagine the security with a head of state riding the rails from NYC-WAS https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/glimpses-britains-johnson-rides-rails-to-meet-amtrak-joe/ Johnson hopped aboard an Amtrak train in New York City on Tuesday, after addressing the U.N. General Assembly,...

Funny, every story I read on this starts out, "if approved". Not a done deal yet. Biden's DOJ is going after a simpler airline alliance, and some think they are going to sleep walk through this merger in a market where there are no new players?...................................Ok. https:/...

Still think the Biden Administration will kaput the deal. You can't allow another Class I go away talk about competition.

Do not know why I thought KCS had access to Chicago. Forget the CSX idea. Still think the Biden Administration will frown on this merger. Guess we will find out.

Not sure the CP deal would be approved without significant strings. The Biden Administration is not looking favorable at major mergers.

With that stated, I wonder if KCS sees any benefit to having east coast access by merging with CSX.

Um there's no diesel trainset in the world that could ever meet the requirements outlined by the bond sales to fund this project so no, they cannot ditch electrification for the time being. There was a push for Fuel Cell powertrain, is that still true? Cheaper than catenary. Do we even know what eq...

Will like Brightline's and midwest coaches, painted. From what I have read the aluminum fluting is more difficult, and heavier.

How a thread about Siemens Venture rolling stock and Siemens Charger locomotives turned into a conversation about GE and EMD locomotives at Grand Central Station is beyond me, but here it is. :( :( :( Does every thread have to turn into a conversation about what was 50 years ago? Thank you.

For all we know Siemens may take the Sprinters in as trade, just like EMD with the SDP40s on the first batch of F40s. In the future most of NEC trains will be run throughs. Washington DC and NYC will be points on a route not the end point, this will facilitate that. Will there be teething problems w...

I would ask if there were any appetite for electrifying the Richmond corridor, but clearly not if Amtrak is finding it simpler to yardsale their entire electric locomotive fleet in favor of dual-modes. Pretty disappointing. Hmmm, what’s cheaper,electrify right a way not built yet or buy dual mode l...

Amtrak is going to run many NEC trains to places with no catenary, makes sense to have a locomotive that can be dual mode be your main locomotive. Makes the NEC operation truly seemless . There will be transit authorities salivating for some used Sprinters at a good price. Siemens may even take them...

https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2021/07/09/amtrak-fleet-modernization/ An interesting point, the Sprinters will find new homes, which will not be hard for Amtrak to do. " This phase will also see the near-complete retirement of the current Siemens ACS-64 Sprinter fleet, as Amtrak will sell or lea...

Official PR from Amtrak Link: AMTRAK TO TRANSFORM RAIL TRAVEL WITH $7.3 BILLION INVESTMENT IN STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT Text Railroad to contract with Siemens Mobility as new equipment vendor WASHINGTON – Amtrak is contracting with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc.to manufacture a new fleet of...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/07/07/amtrak-new-trains-northeast/ Kind of anticlimatic but Amtrak has chosen Siemens Venture cars and locomotives. Interesting thing is the hybrid locomotive. And please, lets not think we can still use Amfleet elsewhere. They are old, they have do...