Acela 21 (Avelia Liberty) development, testing and deployment (2Q 2024)

[Acela150]

Railfans are an impatient lot. Far better to be safe than sorry! Be thorough. Be right. The stakes are incredibly high here. The careful approach to certification will (we presume) raise the odds a successful revenue rollout and relatively trouble free revenue service. We hope.

Indeed they are!

But I can agree with your post as a whole. Hopefully we will see them soon in service!

 

[Matt Johnson]

Halfway through November now and no sign of testing picking up. Still waiting for FRA approval?

 

[Acela150]

Halfway through November now and no sign of testing picking up. Still waiting for FRA approval?

Yup.

 

[UserNameRequired]

I will be in the NEC area in mid-January, 2025. How about another round of rumors/speculation (that this forum thrives on) about whether I can ride on new equipment or not?

 

[Bob Dylan]

I will be in the NEC area in mid-January, 2025. How about another round of rumors/speculation (that this forum thrives on) about whether I can ride on new equipment or not?

I'll take the Over on this! Say 2027!

 

[Matt Johnson]

Apparently they failed some emergency egress test so I'm beginning to wonder if these things will ever turn a wheel in service.

 

[Steve4031]

Apparently they failed some emergency egress test so I'm beginning to wonder if these things will ever turn a wheel in service.

So these idiots who designed this train did not think about the regulations for people to get off of this train in an emergency? Or did the idiots in congress change the regulations?

On the Acela they used metal bridge plates to move us to a regional when the Acela’s computer decided to not reboot in between stations. The same thing could be done with the new trains and the Siemens trains that are being built to replace the amfleet cars.

 

[sportbiker]

Apparently they failed some emergency egress test so I'm beginning to wonder if these things will ever turn a wheel in service.

What makes me suspicious about this type of report *now* is that egress tests are typically static tests done before any dynamic tests start. It’s waaaay too late in the process to be only now doing those tests.