Pensyfan19 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:30 pm
What about what I said earlier about downgrading the acelas to regional service to provide more trains between DC and Boston and to free up the amfleets for other routed across the country?
Because these garbage trains require a lot of work and a lot of money to operate. It would be cheaper to replace them, and the new sets will be taking up the spaces in the HSR buildings in 3 cities so there would not be any room to take care of them without still building a new place to maintain.
As far as any preservation goes, you would absolutely need two power cars if you wanted to save, anything! The problem with the unique coupling system will be presented in any situation, so coupling to only one end would be available if you dont have two power cars. RRMPA would need a long track to store a bunch of the stuff where it could be moved around such a way without the need to turn it on a turntable, or switch the cars around one by one. I really think with how many unique factors involved with these trainsets exist, you will be hard pressed to find any museum organization who will be even interested to have one unless they have a large real estate space to park one on display and not move it around much. The parking brake system also requires main res air to release the parking brakes on every axle to move it around. They can be bypassed manually, but this is a dangerous thing to do and not recommended.
No good deed goes unpunished.