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Going Green and Decarbonized is the trendy corporate verbiage for the decade lol. I can only imagine what it'll be in the next decade.

From the MBTA board meeting on the 25th, which you can read the details from this link. This got a lot of attention. https://www.mbta.com/events/2024-04-25/board-meeting-mbta-board-directors

Looking on Youtube, these consists from the 1980s can give you an idea. Crescent seemed to have used heritage cars for the entire consist, instead of having a couple Amfleet IIs in there.

What a mess this has turned into, as for options. It was back in February that Kawasaki delivered a pair of M8s for Metro North, which were the last ones to be delivered for Metro North. So you can't rule Kawasaki out. Alstom has its Adessia and Coradia family trains. It's really up to Septa to...

That's the third generation. 2026 I think is when they'll go into service. 14 6 car trainsets.

These Railjets are looking cool, can't wait to see what the third generation of Railjets will be like in a few years.

Well it looks like this is for real, as it was posted on Siemens' newsroom.

If they're serious about that 2035 deadline, well fans better start making plans to ride those cars. Either the Canadian government will fund replacements or they won't. All I can say is, they should've bought replacements back in the 1980s when they had the chance.

Well things are happening. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/preliminary-work-begins-along-i-15-for-lv-to-la-rail-project-2999656/

In fairness, they were new to the US when they bidded on those contracts, so I'd assume their quality has improved since then. Also, IIRC the issues with the Silverliner Vs was more of a truck/bogie issue. I'm not sure if Rotem built those bogies themselves, as I've heard those trucks were...

Well looks like Hyundai Rotem wins a contract to build subway cars for LA Metro. 182 cars are being built and are to be delivered in time for the Olympics in 2028. https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/metros/hyundai-rotem-wins-us-664m-order-for-la-metro-trains/

Since Rotem is out, it would be interesting to see who gets the order. Siemens has the Mireo, Alstom has the Coradia, Stadler has the FLIRT, and CAF has the Civity to give some background on what's available on the market.

Here from Siemens is an explanation on how ERTMS works. It's in Dutch, but there are English subtitles embedded in the video.

Being in the community for a while and seeing what I've seen, railfans along with human resources apparently have more power then the entire federal government lol. I've watched videos of the new Acelas testing and I'm impressed by the train itself, but also in the back of mind I'm going, how...

I wonder how likely it is Hyundai Rotem wins the order, given that Septa already has 120 Silverliner Vs from them? The Silverliner IVs will be running into their 50th year in service, so its fitting Septa finally announces the Silverliner VIs.

So they're going to hire over 11,000 workers to build the project. https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/01/12/11000-workers-will-soon-be-hired-build-high-speed-brightline-rail-las-vegas-california/

CAHSR has released a shortlist of qualified builders. In short, Alstom and Siemens... Anyone surprised? https://hsr.ca.gov/2024/01/05/news-release-high-speed-rail-authority-releases-shortlist-of-potential-suppliers-for-electrified-high-speed-trains-in-california/

Amtrak by no means is perfect (Hey Amtrak, everyone at Miami Intermodal Center is STILL waiting for you), but incidents like what you witnessed while they do happen, it's not a daily occurrence. Now as for what happened there, it could be a million reasons why it took that long to get the Chief...

When I've ridden Amtrak, I've only had one situation where one car in the consist (a Diner) had a mechanical issue, delaying the train at Sunnyside Yard. Despite that, Amtrak managed to repair the issue, allowing the train to finally depart the yard, and for us to board at Penn Station. Wasn't...

You have to remember that just like the new Acelas, the long distance order will no doubt have the ability to extend the length of the sets from 9 cars to however many cars Amtrak wants in each set. So I don't think the 9 car sets will be permanent, at least I hope not.