New Amtrak Equipment News Roundup

[PerRock]

There has been some information about all the various new Amtrak equipment in the past few weeks. So I thought I'd round it all up.


Viewliner IIs
Current news is that they are behind schedule & the first cars will be delivered Quarter 1 2013.
Diner

Sleeper

Car #8400 (the prototype diner) was out running the rails back in November & Early December. However it has returned to Beech Grove for some adjustments.


OR Talgos
Oregon DOT has released a picture of one of their Cab Car.

Lots more pictures of the OR Talgos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/sets/72157629281025352/

WI Talgos
The Midwest HSR assc. visited the Talgo plant recently and took some pictures of the WI Talgos. We have been led to believe that the cab car on the WI Talgos will look the same as the one on the OR Talgos.

Siemens ACS-64
It's been pretty quiet over at Siemens in response to the ACS-64 Engine Amtrak ordered. However a few months ago they released a picture of the mock-up of the interior of the cab.

And that concludes the round-up of the New Amtrak Equipment News.


peter

 

[masterowner]

Man that cab car is ugly, but it is always nice to see new talgos...

 

[PerRock]

new cab car pic added.

peter

 

[masterowner]

new cab car pic added.

peter

Still ugly...

 

[smash]

Man that cab car is ugly...

Uh-huh That cab car IS FUGLY.
Kenny

 

[funforme3]

Its been a year since I have been on this forum. And yes That IS SO UGLY. It reminds me of a mix of an F40Ph and a tram/trolly.

 

[PerRock]

The whole consist of Wisconsin Talgos all coupled together.

peter

 

[AJ_Fox]

It looks like the front end of my golf cart, but, hey, that's not ugly.

Cheers and thanks for the pics

AJ

 

[H222]

On A Golf Buggy, it isn't that ugly, however, ona train?

Jamie

 

[Isaacg]

It looks like a car. Lol.

It will certainly be a big improvement over current level of service(hopefully!)

 

[kws4000]

The whole consist of Wisconsin Talgos all coupled together.
peter

Where in the blazin cow fields will those things be operating? I sure hope those cab-cars will end up as artificail reefs in Lake Michigan, because I'm certain they could've had a better design than that snout.

 

[PerRock]

Where in the blazin cow fields will those things be operating?

The Hiawatha is getting 2 sets (the red ones) and the Cascades are getting 2 sets (the green & brown ones).

peter

 

[Beattie]

Not at all a fan of that train design. You want to build a engine thats safe and deicent looking. The best looking amtraks I think were the F40PH units. Maybe its just me but it just seems like now that companies don't care about looks only efficiency. Which is a downfall cause I don't think anyone wants to ride a ugly machine like that.

 

[Steamdemon]

Yep, that thing got hit by the ugly bike, the ugly car, the ugly bus, the ugly lorry, the ugly train (wait, what?), the ugly cruiseship, the ugly jet aaaaand the ugly space station.

Actually, it looks like an old schoolbus that's been elongated...
I swear that thing isn't gonna be going fast anytime soon. with the whole unstreamlined body... Have they even tested it in a windchamber thing?

 

[maruffijd]

Yep, that thing got hit by the ugly bike, the ugly car, the ugly bus, the ugly lorry, the ugly train (wait, what?), the ugly cruiseship, the ugly jet aaaaand the ugly space station.

...Then fell out of the ugly tree, hiting every branch on the way down, then had the tree fall on top of it. So to quote a cartoon horse, "No sir, I don't like it."

 

[Klinger]

Looks like a school bus

 

[jordon412]

Go to Talgo's actual website and look at pictures of Talgo's models: T250 (under High Speed), T250 Hybrid (under High Speed), and T350 (under Very High Speed)
NOTE: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW SPANISH, CLICK ON ENGLISH ON TALGO'S HOME PAGE OR, IF YOU HAVE IT, GOOGLE TRANSLATOR

 

[PerRock]

More pictures of the OR Talgos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/sets/72157629281025352/

peter