Amtrak Acela Express - America's Fastest Train - CoasterFan2105
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Date: 2022-05-12
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To the people saying -oh that-s so slow compared to our European/Asian trains-, it ain-t a competition. And also, Amtrak is America-s most popular passenger railway that was founded by the US government as a for-profit organization and is ran like any other railway except its funded both by the people who ride it and the government.
Amtrak has a specifically built route called the Northeast Corridor or NEC, this line is the only line in the USA that was specifically built for passenger rail. Most of Amtrak runs on other railway lines across the transcontinental railroad that was built and finished in the 1860s and by today is majority ran and operated by railway companies that run freight ops like Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF and many more. Freight trains aren-t designed to go fast and the FRA states that freight trains in the USA can only go a max of 70-75 mph. Well if that-s the case, why would a railroad spend money on making it capable of high speed when they-ll never use it nor see profit from it.
And I don-t think Amtrak nor the government wants to spend the possible billions or even trillions of dollars is would take to build a high speed electrified railway stretching the 2, 700 some odd miles from NYC to LA with connections to multiple other US states. And considering that almost no one would use it except railroad enthusiasts since we have planes, it wouldn-t even be very profitable. Hell it-s amazing the California Zephyr is still around considering it-s tickets are almost level with a plane ticket except it takes 9 times longer (48 hours) stretching from Chicago, Illinois to Emeryville, California.
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To the people saying -oh that-s so slow compared to our European/Asian trains-, it ain-t a competition. And also, Amtrak is America-s most popular passenger railway that was founded by the US government as a for-profit organization and is ran like any other railway except its funded both by the people who ride it and the government.
Amtrak has a specifically built route called the Northeast Corridor or NEC, this line is the only line in the USA that was specifically built for passenger rail. Most of Amtrak runs on other railway lines across the transcontinental railroad that was built and finished in the 1860s and by today is majority ran and operated by railway companies that run freight ops like Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF and many more. Freight trains aren-t designed to go fast and the FRA states that freight trains in the USA can only go a max of 70-75 mph. Well if that-s the case, why would a railroad spend money on making it capable of high speed when they-ll never use it nor see profit from it.
And I don-t think Amtrak nor the government wants to spend the possible billions or even trillions of dollars is would take to build a high speed electrified railway stretching the 2, 700 some odd miles from NYC to LA with connections to multiple other US states. And considering that almost no one would use it except railroad enthusiasts since we have planes, it wouldn-t even be very profitable. Hell it-s amazing the California Zephyr is still around considering it-s tickets are almost level with a plane ticket except it takes 9 times longer (48 hours) stretching from Chicago, Illinois to Emeryville, California.
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I do like the design. the only problem is they are too heavy so it doesn't tilt as nicely as the coaches like at 1: 38 and too much bouncing 0: 40. the new TGV style is a bummer because I thought Amtrak prides itself being all American made with the exception of Bombardier. this train would definitely surpass an airplane if it had its own upgraded track instead of buying a new train set. the fact that it can't fully optimize its route is a waste.
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I do like the design. the only problem is they are too heavy so it doesn't tilt as nicely as the coaches like at 1: 38 and too much bouncing 0: 40. the new TGV style is a bummer because I thought Amtrak prides itself being all American made with the exception of Bombardier. this train would definitely surpass an airplane if it had its own upgraded track instead of buying a new train set. the fact that it can't fully optimize its route is a waste.
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Werewolf
Much of what is said on American media concerning trains in Europe is propaganda! Come to Europe, especially France and see for yourself that not only is high speed rail very expensive it-s also not convenient and you might not even get on the train to begin with if SNCF employees decide for the millionth time they want even more money to be useless!
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Much of what is said on American media concerning trains in Europe is propaganda! Come to Europe, especially France and see for yourself that not only is high speed rail very expensive it-s also not convenient and you might not even get on the train to begin with if SNCF employees decide for the millionth time they want even more money to be useless!
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autos
I think Acela Express should be upgraded. (My idea pls don-t hate on me)
Change 1: Make the cars a tad bigger and longer.
Change 2: Make the front of the train front and back Locomotive noses a bit longer and more slanted.
Change 3: Baggage cars.
As I said this is an idea for me. So please don-t hate on me.
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I think Acela Express should be upgraded. (My idea pls don-t hate on me)
Change 1: Make the cars a tad bigger and longer.
Change 2: Make the front of the train front and back Locomotive noses a bit longer and more slanted.
Change 3: Baggage cars.
As I said this is an idea for me. So please don-t hate on me.
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DavidRGD
it is the fastest, but it cannot go as fast in some sections because of the carriages' heavy weight that limited the tilting train's capability (which could still throw passengers off from either side and derail the train)
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it is the fastest, but it cannot go as fast in some sections because of the carriages' heavy weight that limited the tilting train's capability (which could still throw passengers off from either side and derail the train)
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Dynamo
With my experiences on fast trains in the UK and France, at first I thought the US-xpress was not going that fast till 406 and 416, yep, that sucker definitely is hammering down in the 140 plus mphs. Mint captures.
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With my experiences on fast trains in the UK and France, at first I thought the US-xpress was not going that fast till 406 and 416, yep, that sucker definitely is hammering down in the 140 plus mphs. Mint captures.
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BluTransit
Some Good Spots for Acela Trainspotting are Princeton Junction, NJ; Kingston, Rhode Island; Richmond, Rhode Island and Mansfield, Massachusetts
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Some Good Spots for Acela Trainspotting are Princeton Junction, NJ; Kingston, Rhode Island; Richmond, Rhode Island and Mansfield, Massachusetts
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Enterprise206
Our entire rail network I think needs to be redesigned have the freight trains and high-speed passenger trains on their own separate line
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Our entire rail network I think needs to be redesigned have the freight trains and high-speed passenger trains on their own separate line
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