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Not that I'm justifying it, but the first Shinkansen line in Japan, was underestimated deliberately in order to get the line built. It was billed at 200 billion yen (late 1950s yen), but in fact costed 400 billion yen. Projects costing more then initially budgeted isn't a new thing in the world...

I honestly don't care who builds it first, Brightline West or CAHSR. As long as we have one in the country that'll be successful and it'll show everyone else in the US that it can be done.

This is the initial operating segment for CAHSR, which they have completion at 2029. Of course, testing of the trainsets (whether Velaro Novos or Alstom Avelias), and everything else on the segment may very likely take the project's opening year into 2030. The 2023 updated report has all the...

I hope they get the $3.75 billion grant too. This is great news.

Wow, that is incredible and IRFCA seems to have come a long way. I also had a feeling the A stood for America, but didn't really have much to go by. Also, the Vande Bharat Express units, I tell people to pay close attention to them. Indian Railways is doing some big things and eventually they...

I'd hate for this thread to just fade away, so here is a link to a website that has information on the multiple unit trains that IR operated, both in service today and retired. Since multiple unit trains are a personal interest of mine, I'm having a very good look at this. This link is from the...

I agree, I've never been to that area before, other then stopping by on Amtrak. So this is all very good information.

Roaming Railfan is covering the Deland expansion of Sunrail.

To those of you who have never seen it, here is the Brightline West Presentation at the 2023 High Speed Rail Conference. This was uploaded on May 23.

So Brightline West received a $25 million grant. https://www.ktnv.com/news/brightline-west-high-speed-rail-project-receives-25-million-in-federal-funding

I could say something about CRRC, both bad and good but this thread is not the place for it. However, I can say without question they won't be building Amtrak's new long distance fleet, period. Even the most unlikely bidders out there has a better shot at it then CRRC.

Regardless of what trainsets are selected, whether the Siemens Velaro Novos or the TGV M (Avelia Horizon), both trainsets will have no problem climbing the steep grades that'll be present around Cajon Pass and the San Gabriel Mountains. The SNCF's LGV Sud-Est, which was France's first high speed...

Roaming Railfan did a review on Brightline West, showing locations, renders, etc.

Didn't the last Genesis locomotives ordered by Amtrak in the early 2000s have fewer issues compared to the units built in the 1990s? I don't know if that counts, but that order did happen in the beginning of this century.

Going out on a limb with this one. A lot of people are assuming Siemens will get it, but who is to say CAF won't be selected again? For better or worse, they're the only ones out of all the bidders who have experience building long distance passenger cars for Amtrak and recently at that. Sure it...

The frequency of long distance trains needs does to be addressed if Amtrak's long distance trains are expected to be taken seriously moving forward. It can't be just replace the existing stuff and that's it. Every 12 hours would be better than what it is today, granted to pull off such a feat...

125mph runby.

I've rode Greyhound as a kid in the 90s, years after the bankruptcy took place. I never got a dirty bus, but I have seen buses that looked shabby on the exterior. I made trips from Florida to New York City, then from New York City to Montreal and back. For the bus fans, I rode on 102A3s coach...

Coradia multilevel should be interesting if a bi level order is on the table. Amtrak just happens to be doing business with Alstom.

Is it a fair assumption to say that the US regulations on rail equipment are a bit dated or is that extreme for me to assume?