daybeers wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:23 pm
I thought some ACS-64s will stick around for pulling LDs on the NEC.
DB and Everyone - From the Amtrak Five Year Plan - Page 132 (bottom) -
"Amtrak's purchase of ICTs will reduce the number of ACS64 electric locomotives required for daily service.
As a result Amtrak will likely have surplus ACS64 electric locomotives available for resale or lease to commuter
agencies or the secondary market in the late 2020s. The exact quantity of units displaced and timing have yet
to be determined"
This paragraph was the ONLY mention about the ACS64 replacement with ICTs in the Amtrak Five Year Plan.
Does anyone know the latest design/build status of any ICT dual mode locomotives for the new Airo train sets?
This is still untested and unproven technology at this point - I feel that the ACS64 fleet will be around for some
time to come until these new ICTs are determined without doubt to be road-worthy as replacements...
There are enough "bugs" now with the Siemens Charger ALC-42 diesel fleet - let alone something more
elaborate as these ICT dual-mode locomotives are going to be...Count me as a ICT skeptic...MACTRAXX
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