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yes cars are Siemens build, but lots of vendor items specified by consumer(Amtrak or regional owner) be it seats , steps , bathroom items etc. These items are not a Siemens warranty but the manufacturer of these items. and unless we have info on such problems its hard to judge

Only person killed was employee of construction company (driver of crane) the crane was fouling active track and was struck by freight train . it was launched into path of night express train.

The M-3's are restricted from GCT Madison due to incompatibility with the ACSES used in new Terminal and its approaches. With M-9's still being delivered the M-3 problem slowly disappears.

Looks like a CTrail P40 , not a P42, going to Boston and then on to New Haven .

Amtrak is a government owned Company , it is not a government agency , its employees are not government employees. other than board of directors. Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation, with the federal government as majority stockholder. The Amtrak Board of Directors is appointed by...

the story is a one sided view of events, so whatever was said by Cdr or these ladies is reported by one side and subject to interpretation.

unless Siemens is lowest bidder with best guarantee , that is not a given .

Plenty of electric cars all over , but also many fires every day . and percentage wise the electric load on those sure are far less that a Locomotive. https://www.tesla-fire.com/

I have seen FRA inspectors who after finding a few defects, got a call on their phone to do their writing but to stop inspecting.

remember how NYFD refused RTL turbo's in NYP after fire , the LIRR FL-9's had to have fuel cell sponges in fuel tanks as do DM units. I will guarantee NYFD will refuse hydrogen in tunnels .

Hydrogen is not a fuel , its a media, it has to be created with lots of electricity. As for places like GCT - NYP etc. Hydrogen would certainly not be option. I can guarantee the NYFD will not sign off on it , even Lithium batteries raise more questions specially in closed spaces

the Station master(block operator) at one of Junctions has been arrested.

ahh the era of full speed damned the .... speed was just number in time table, no electronic time monitoring between interlockings , no event recorders , as long as it stayed on rail it was all good.

believe this car is from derailment in New Haven many years ago , the trainset ran minus one car for long time till one of spare shells was build up for use. *Trainset 18 was involved in an accident on October 28, 2004, in New Haven, Conn. First Class car 3201 suffered considerable underframe...

I ran FL-9's for 25 years , first they were only really good for 4 cars when running as single and HEP was provided by separate 800 Kw Cummins. I know what class 249 is used for in Europe but earlier in this tread someone wondered about US use of this technology.

The horsepower is pathetic for use in US , by time you take off HEP from those ratings there would be nothing left to move train. the ICE and X-2000 did fine on 60hz of New Haven line .

Actually Management might not like a crew to be in designated crew compartment, and get complaints of crew not being found or crew sleeping. either way the crew is a neccesity , their work space a neccesity in whatever form , the public will complain .

Amfleet cars, (stainless steel) Weight 106,000–113,000 pounds (48,000–51,000 kg) A Bombardier Comet commuter car (aluminium) Weight 100,000 lb (45,359 kg) The Venture cars Weight 112,000 lb (50,802 kg)

an over dimension load needs railroad permission to cross any active rail line as per DOT, and rail traffic held till move is clear. it also requires escort vehicles or police . The concrete beam was 134 feet long plus rig towing it. The traffic light should have been flagged by police to...

Any European trains that were demonstrated in US had the wheels trued to US profile , French Fry , The Flex liners , ICE etc.