Amtrak Corridor Trains: Train Talk Ep. 17 - CoasterFan2105
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Date: 2022-05-12
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kyotokid4
. the Hiawatha Line also was to employ Talgo units and be extended from Milwaukee to Madison ( the first leg of what would be an HSR line between Chicago and Minneapolis. Sadly the short sighted governor Wisconsin turned down the funding for the Milwaukee - Madison leg using flawed data for operating costs as the basis for nixing the project. Trains on the line were to operate at between 120 and 125 MPH and would likely have been pulled by Siemens Chargers. The current speed for Hiawatha service between Milwaukee and Chicago is the Amtrak -default- of 79 MPH. The line is also unique in that there is a station at the west end of KMKE airport free shuttle service to the airport terminal (there is also a reader board in the air terminal that displays train times.
After the project was cancelled, Talgo closed it's assembly and maintnence shop (where two additional train sets for the Cascades line were built as well) and sued the state of Wisconsin for the cost of two trains that were already completed for the Hiawatha line. That equipment was later moved to Illinois and currently is in storage. Currently one train, the long distance Empire Builder (which operates between Chicago and Seattle/Portland), provides the only service beyond Milwaukee to the Twin Cities.
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. the Hiawatha Line also was to employ Talgo units and be extended from Milwaukee to Madison ( the first leg of what would be an HSR line between Chicago and Minneapolis. Sadly the short sighted governor Wisconsin turned down the funding for the Milwaukee - Madison leg using flawed data for operating costs as the basis for nixing the project. Trains on the line were to operate at between 120 and 125 MPH and would likely have been pulled by Siemens Chargers. The current speed for Hiawatha service between Milwaukee and Chicago is the Amtrak -default- of 79 MPH. The line is also unique in that there is a station at the west end of KMKE airport free shuttle service to the airport terminal (there is also a reader board in the air terminal that displays train times.
After the project was cancelled, Talgo closed it's assembly and maintnence shop (where two additional train sets for the Cascades line were built as well) and sued the state of Wisconsin for the cost of two trains that were already completed for the Hiawatha line. That equipment was later moved to Illinois and currently is in storage. Currently one train, the long distance Empire Builder (which operates between Chicago and Seattle/Portland), provides the only service beyond Milwaukee to the Twin Cities.
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Anthony
I work in the railways in the UK
I actually think, as a basic buisness plan, Amtrak are on the right sort of tack by focusing on local and intercity services.
The ideal Amtrak set up would probably be
Limited Long distance services, subsidised by federal government.
With more frequent medium distance intercity trains that can out-compete airtravel regarding speed and convenience.
Ideally you'd have heavy commuter services into large cities to boost your profits, but in the states those seem to be the bastion of local transit authorities.
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I work in the railways in the UK
I actually think, as a basic buisness plan, Amtrak are on the right sort of tack by focusing on local and intercity services.
The ideal Amtrak set up would probably be
Limited Long distance services, subsidised by federal government.
With more frequent medium distance intercity trains that can out-compete airtravel regarding speed and convenience.
Ideally you'd have heavy commuter services into large cities to boost your profits, but in the states those seem to be the bastion of local transit authorities.
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Random
The heartland flyer is a small train like the Downeaster it-s 3 superliner coaches and run twice a day one in morning from Oklahoma City to fort worth Texas and one at night from Fort Worth to Oklahoma
Train numbers:
822 821 (correct me if I-m wrong)
Some days it runs as the -Big game train- extending to Dallas for a football game.
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The heartland flyer is a small train like the Downeaster it-s 3 superliner coaches and run twice a day one in morning from Oklahoma City to fort worth Texas and one at night from Fort Worth to Oklahoma
Train numbers:
822 821 (correct me if I-m wrong)
Some days it runs as the -Big game train- extending to Dallas for a football game.
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Mnrr. 6131
I feel like the Keystone Corridor is Amtrak-s Miscellaneous Showcase route W/ Steam Engines. My reasoning behind that is because there is literally a clip of an Amtrak train with amfleet I and II cars and an ACS-64 was pulling some Superliner cars.
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I feel like the Keystone Corridor is Amtrak-s Miscellaneous Showcase route W/ Steam Engines. My reasoning behind that is because there is literally a clip of an Amtrak train with amfleet I and II cars and an ACS-64 was pulling some Superliner cars.
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blu
I knew the surfliner was busy, but I didn't know it was one of Amtrak's busiest.
Thanks for the info.
I kind of assume that the NorthEast corridor is busier than the Pacific Surfliner. Is this the case?
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I knew the surfliner was busy, but I didn't know it was one of Amtrak's busiest.
Thanks for the info.
I kind of assume that the NorthEast corridor is busier than the Pacific Surfliner. Is this the case?
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AtomSmash
Probably the most infortmative and interesting video I've seen discussing Amtrak's corridor trains, as well as the fleets in use. Excellent video and still clips as well. Great job!
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Probably the most infortmative and interesting video I've seen discussing Amtrak's corridor trains, as well as the fleets in use. Excellent video and still clips as well. Great job!
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Aaron
For anyone wondering, at 7: 46 the lead locomotive on that Downeaster Consist is the decades old EMD F40PH used on mainly both long and short distance trains back in the 70's - 90's.
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For anyone wondering, at 7: 46 the lead locomotive on that Downeaster Consist is the decades old EMD F40PH used on mainly both long and short distance trains back in the 70's - 90's.
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TheAlmightyDoge
Next yer in 2021 i thought i might take one of these trains to the canadian border in a little town called -Watertown- but my dad decided to take a plane.
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Next yer in 2021 i thought i might take one of these trains to the canadian border in a little town called -Watertown- but my dad decided to take a plane.
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Michael
Doesn't it make more sense to take the silver meteor instead of the Acela Express from DC to Newark? I mean the Meteor is more of an express than the Acela.
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Doesn't it make more sense to take the silver meteor instead of the Acela Express from DC to Newark? I mean the Meteor is more of an express than the Acela.
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Johnny
Has software in the Charger locomotives been modified to allow power braking yet? Those Germans know nothing of American train handling practice.
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Has software in the Charger locomotives been modified to allow power braking yet? Those Germans know nothing of American train handling practice.
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