As the days go on more and more of Amtrak's new equipment gets finished up. Here is a listing of what we know so far on their new stuff's progress.
New Cascades (Oregon Talgos): The trainsets have passed FRA testing in Pueblo & are now on their way to Seattle for localized testing. You can see them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/sets/72157629281025352/
ACS-64: Siemens has been pretty quiet lately about the ACS-64. However there have been a few pictures leaked so we know that atleast one unit is looking pretty close to finished. It'll then be shipped off to Pueble for the FRA testing.
http://www.hostthenpost.com/uploads/3eb5a7b5b511238b4caea1fd49126d93.jpg
Viewliner II: CAF has been even quieter then Siemens about the new Viewliners. The most we've seen of them was in a news article more then a year ago. One new picture has surfaced of what appears to be a Dining Car or a Baggage Dorm.
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnfull/20130110/DC40506-a
The single existing Viewliner I dining car has been making it's rounds with the newly rebuilt interior, which mimics what the new Viewliner II interiors should be. Last August I had dinner in said car & it looks very nice.
New BiLevels: It's still a bit early to expect to hear anything from Nippon Sharyo about the new Corridor BiLevels, NS-USA did update their artist's rendering of the new cars not to long back to have more detail in them:
http://www.nipponsharyousa.com/news/20121106.jpg
That finishes up the Amtrak Equipment roundup.
peter
New Cascades (Oregon Talgos): The trainsets have passed FRA testing in Pueblo & are now on their way to Seattle for localized testing. You can see them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/sets/72157629281025352/
ACS-64: Siemens has been pretty quiet lately about the ACS-64. However there have been a few pictures leaked so we know that atleast one unit is looking pretty close to finished. It'll then be shipped off to Pueble for the FRA testing.
http://www.hostthenpost.com/uploads/3eb5a7b5b511238b4caea1fd49126d93.jpg
Viewliner II: CAF has been even quieter then Siemens about the new Viewliners. The most we've seen of them was in a news article more then a year ago. One new picture has surfaced of what appears to be a Dining Car or a Baggage Dorm.
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnfull/20130110/DC40506-a
The single existing Viewliner I dining car has been making it's rounds with the newly rebuilt interior, which mimics what the new Viewliner II interiors should be. Last August I had dinner in said car & it looks very nice.
New BiLevels: It's still a bit early to expect to hear anything from Nippon Sharyo about the new Corridor BiLevels, NS-USA did update their artist's rendering of the new cars not to long back to have more detail in them:
http://www.nipponsharyousa.com/news/20121106.jpg
That finishes up the Amtrak Equipment roundup.
peter