Acela II (Alstom Avelia Liberty): Design, Production, Delivery, Acceptance

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:

https://bgr.com/business/this-us-state- ... e-service/

Effective June 6, KILG will no longer have any commercial air service. Be sure to note within the article the "plug" for Amtrak.

Guess that means it is all for Joe's VC-32; sounds as if, as a pilot, you are in receipt of too many NOTAM's closing the field for such.

I actually DID fly ILG-DCA and return; probably for no reason other than to say "I did it". This was during 1966 when I was stationed at Dover AFB. If the Eastern DC-9 ever got above FL150. I'd be amazed.

Of course this "Buck Sergeant" could "not exactly expect" a closure for his convenience

Of course this "Buck Sergeant" could "not exactly expect" a closure for his convenience

TS3 apparently tested on the NEC in Jersey last night.

Rolled through Harrison at about 9:40,

I'm still hoping for a daytime weekend test between DC and Baltimore...

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.

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.

Even the e60's were retired awhile ago. How long will it take Amtrak to fix that stretch?

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?

Two good articles I came across today:

Railway Age article with lots of good photos.

And NJ.Com has its own thoughts.

All positive.

Really makes me wish we had more catenary here in the US!

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?

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.

Odd thing to screw up.

One thing I really am hopeful for is the use of the toaster (and looks like a convection oven).
The two times I've had stuff in an Amfleet cafe car use the existing convection oven has elevated the food from mediocre to great.