by photobug56
I gather that you are referring to the Acela trainsets. I just couldn't tell. So, what do you have against Acela's?
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eolesen wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:35 pmAren't they planning to electrify some of the GO Transit lines centered on Toronto?gokeefe wrote: In that case Canada becomes the obvious candidate and specifically VIA and lines between Toronto and Montreal.Aside from the lack of catenary, sounds great. Begs the question why hasn't Canada pursued electrification before...
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electricron wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:59 pmBad way to justify your post. You are measuring route miles. Instead measure passenger miles electrified and not electrified. Also do the same for freight ton miles electrified and not electrified.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/451 ... in-europe/
EU-28 average, 54.3% is electrified, therefore 46.7% is not.
Admittingly, the Europe's railways electrification far exceeds America's and Canada's.
west point wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:15 am Bad way to justify your post. You are measuring route miles. Instead measure passenger miles electrified and not electrified. Also do the same for freight ton miles electrified and not electrified.And what part of the following did you not comprehend the first time I wrote it?
eolesen wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:15 pm It's time to let these make the one way trip to Naparano or whoever still scraps locomotives on theSims Metal now, other scrapyard is Frontier in eastern Ohio which has gotten all the MTA contracts lately.
East Coast.
David Benton wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:36 am Most of the European non electrified lines would be branchlines , or secondary lines. Uk and Spain are the only countries I can think of with Mainlines that are not Electrified.Take another look at the link I supplied earlier, or try this other link I am providing now.
The "international "oil price only differs from the USA price by less than USD $5 per barrel . The USA exports and imports oil , currently a net exporter. That has varied historically.
Saudi Arabia may be a potential customer for the Acelas. I think Mexico's electric passenger line has been deelectrified , and no longer has longer distance passenger trains.
electricron wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:21 am Getting the discussion back on topic, back in the day when these train sets were brand new, did not Bombardier build and display a non electric powered version power car to try to sell more Acela trainsets across North America? No one bought one then, maybe just maybe it is still feasible to change the power cars on these train sets.They did:
eolesen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:03 am What exactly is the cost/benefit and value proposition for updating 21+ year old Acela 1's versus using new Siemens locomotives (either Sprinters or Chargers) and Venture coaches?There are a few problems with Acelas in place of Regionals:
eolesen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:03 am What exactly is the cost/benefit and value proposition for updating 21+ year old Acela 1's versus using new Siemens locomotives (either Sprinters or Chargers) and Venture coaches?None that I can see in the US.