mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:37 am Makes sense. All that work done for the Acela IIs only for their deployment to be delayed. Might as well use it.AX-1s can find any unforeseen problems and there will be a few for whatever reason.
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mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:37 am Makes sense. All that work done for the Acela IIs only for their deployment to be delayed. Might as well use it.AX-1s can find any unforeseen problems and there will be a few for whatever reason.
Ken W2KB wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:39 pm I receive email notices of the temporary flight restrictions more or less weekly for POTUS travel.Well Mr. Brown, look what the clickbait "news" site, Boy Genius Revealed, now reports:
photobug56 wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 3:06 pm Isn't that the section that feels like a Long Island highway that's full of potholes? I guess it's a good section to test the pantograph and suspension.The GG-1s & E-60s often gapped when running on that section. They would put out so much VHF RF interference that it would sound like a welder in the 118 - 180 MHz band.
photobug56 wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 11:05 pm Even the e60's were retired awhile ago. How long will it take Amtrak to fix that stretch?2050?
photobug56 wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 8:00 pm Interiors do look nice, including the bathrooms. And coffee lovers should be happy (I'm not one). Anyone know why the cafe car does not tilt?I'm sure it does. Where did it say otherwise? Railway Age seemed confused where they did claim the cafe is not articulated. Clearly it is.