Acela 21 (Avelia Liberty) development, testing and deployment (2025)

Acela150 · Feb 27, 2025

daybeers said:
Been a while since I've seen that on this forum

Paying homage to our good friend Thirdrail7!

JuniusLivonius · Feb 27, 2025

About 7 days ago, I believe this was the one parked in Ivy City Yard now heading to Philly according to the title:

Amtrak Avelia Liberty making the way to Philly

Just-Thinking-51 said:
A trainset just when past me in Syracuse, NY.

Was a bit surprised as that not normal color of the upstate service trains.

Yesterday there was an Acela 2 delivery down the Hudson line.

This Tweet/video caught it near the factory in Swain, New York:

xcancel: https://xcancel.com/john_kucko/status/1894916222325850183
Twitter:
Direct video link: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_vid...vid/avc1/1280x720/bu2LmfyauJV-wm_0.mp4?tag=14
The Future is Now: Another @Amtrak “Next Generation” train set—assembled at Alstom in Hornell, NY—is completed and soon to be ready for use on the Northeast Corridor hopefully this spring. Caught it near Swain, NY today. These sleek new sets are capable of speeds of 160 MPH.

Passing by Philipse Manor (Sleepy Hollow, NY)

MTA Metro-North Railroad/Siemens SC42-DM & Amtrak Acela 2

Passing by Riverdale (Bronx, NY)

Amtrak Avelia Liberty Delivery Passes By Riverdale And More Rarities

Additionally, I believe there had been (as of about one month ago) an Acela 2 parked away from the others at Penn Coach Yard, Philadelphia. It is now moved or gone although I missed the chance to get a picture.

Finally, there have been some extras roaming around the NEC possibly between County/Lincoln and Ham. On Tuesday, Extra 876 was doing some sort of brake test at 9:32PM, likely near County or Lincoln. Yesterday, on Wednesday, Extra 876/877 seemed to be doing some round trips maybe between County and Ham between 8:46PM and 10:18PM. At 10:18PM CETC-8 asked if the extra was going back to Philly.

The extras of the last two days could just be Charger tests but it sounds like one of the same engineers from Acela 2 tests.

JuniusLivonius · Feb 27, 2025

JuniusLivonius said:
Additionally, I believe there had been (as of about one month ago) an Acela 2 parked away from the others at Penn Coach Yard, Philadelphia. It is now moved or gone although I missed the chance to get a picture.

I think it or another set took the spot. It's back now on the left, ahead of the others.

AmtrakBlue · Friday at 5:32 AM

JuniusLivonius said:
About 7 days ago, I believe this was the one parked in Ivy City Yard now heading to Philly according to the title:

Amtrak Avelia Liberty making the way to Philly

Yesterday there was an Acela 2 delivery down the Hudson line.

This Tweet/video caught it near the factory in Swain, New York:

xcancel: https://xcancel.com/john_kucko/status/1894916222325850183
Twitter:
Direct video link: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_vid...vid/avc1/1280x720/bu2LmfyauJV-wm_0.mp4?tag=14
The Future is Now: Another @Amtrak “Next Generation” train set—assembled at Alstom in Hornell, NY—is completed and soon to be ready for use on the Northeast Corridor hopefully this spring. Caught it near Swain, NY today. These sleek new sets are capable of speeds of 160 MPH.

Passing by Philipse Manor (Sleepy Hollow, NY)

MTA Metro-North Railroad/Siemens SC42-DM & Amtrak Acela 2

Passing by Riverdale (Bronx, NY)

Amtrak Avelia Liberty Delivery Passes By Riverdale And More Rarities

Additionally, I believe there had been (as of about one month ago) an Acela 2 parked away from the others at Penn Coach Yard, Philadelphia. It is now moved or gone although I missed the chance to get a picture.

Finally, there have been some extras roaming around the NEC possibly between County/Lincoln and Ham. On Tuesday, Extra 876 was doing some sort of brake test at 9:32PM, likely near County or Lincoln. Yesterday, on Wednesday, Extra 876/877 seemed to be doing some round trips maybe between County and Ham between 8:46PM and 10:18PM. At 10:18PM CETC-8 asked if the extra was going back to Philly.

The extras of the last two days could just be Charger tests but it sounds like one of the same engineers from Acela 2 tests.

Last night, 02/27/25, there was a Charger test run between County & Ham per a post on FB.

Tuesday & Wednesday Avelias ran between PHL & WAS in late morning/early afternoon. I went out Thursday to see if it was running in the same time slot headed to WAS and did not see it. I do not know if these were swap runs or test runs.

JuniusLivonius · 2025-03-05T01:29:05-0500

AmtrakBlue said:
Tuesday & Wednesday Avelias ran between PHL & WAS in late morning/early afternoon. I went out Thursday to see if it was running in the same time slot headed to WAS and did not see it. I do not know if these were swap runs or test runs.

Thanks. According to a post on Trainorders.com, there were three test runs over the Susquehanna River on what I think was March 1st. The person got a nice photograph but didn't want to share it with the internet.

There was additional movement on Feb 27th and 28th next to the camera at Norwalk, Connecticut. There's no evidence this was actually a test run.

Finally, KP2022 was out around 10PM-11PM at County. There's no evidence if it was Avelia Liberty or a Charger.

I will follow up with a few more videos when I get the chance.

Acela150 · 2025-03-05T11:43:25-0500

JuniusLivonius said:
Thanks. According to a post on Trainorders.com, there were three test runs over the Susquehanna River on what I think was March 1st. The person got a nice photograph but didn't want to share it with the internet.

There was additional movement on Feb 27th and 28th next to the camera at Norwalk, Connecticut. There's no evidence this was actually a test run.

Finally, KP2022 was out around 10PM-11PM at County. There's no evidence if it was Avelia Liberty or a Charger.

I will follow up with a few more videos when I get the chance.