Acela150
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According to an Amtrak Engineer on Railroad.net 600 will be the first to enter service in about a month. FRA has signed off on 125 MPH running.
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He also wrote that all the windshields in the ACS-64s will be replaced along with a few other modifications to be done before the cars can enter service. He does not say what the problem is with the original windshields. So in 3 to 4 weeks, the ACS-64s should begin in revenue service.
Photos of 604 at WAS have been posted to the Amtrak group on Facebook.
NE933
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The chatter on other rail websites claim that besides the unidentified windshield issue, the headlights are causing the glass lenses to overheat and "melt" (?). I don't get that because LEDs are very cool working.
Acela150
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Noted a few posts up.
PerRock
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LEDs aren't going to melt any glass... However there could be some internal component of the headlights that are melting.
peter
I remember when the 603 was in NYP, the glass which protects the ditch lights were cracked. The 603 didn't have the LED lights installed at that time but management was saying that regular head lights that was installed was too hot. Last time I checked the 603 and 604 didn't received LED lights yet. Someone said they an ACS64 being towed on Saturday east through Metropark, does anyone know anything about this or where it was going?
Ryan
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A few issues with respect to the windshields and ditch light lenses are being worked out. Normal commissioning stuff it sounds like.
Soon for revenue service.
Soon for revenue service.
The regular 300 watt (I think that how much it is ) generate to much heat and that was melting or cracking the ditch light lens. From what I've heard the 601 should be doing some EMI testing tomorrow. I don't know the time and place but that's what im hearing.
PerRock
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I still don't understand this issue with the lights. From what I understand people saying here is that the LED headlamps (or maybe ditchlights) are generating to much heat and cracking the lenses.
However this doesn't make any sense, as that's not how LEDs work. LEDs generate very little heat (yes they wouldn't melt snow). So how can something with such a low heat output be causing the lenses to crack because of heat?
peter
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I saw ACS64 lead a few amfleets North towards NYC(I Think) and came back around 3ish.
Acela150
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Here's the good news.. Their testing again! 
Here's the bad news.. No official word on Revenue Service...
Here's the bad news.. No official word on Revenue Service... 
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Have there been any additional units shipped east from the plant? I have not heard of any. I wonder if the issue or issues has impacted production.
No new motors have arrived. The 607and 608 was ready to go until the problems with the windsheld arrived. I also heard there was some kind of metal fatigue near the trucks but all is being taken care of now. Siemens is doing everything it can to get these units up and going because remember they are competing for that high speed rail contract.
I have not seen any reports of ACS-64s being shipped east since #606 in early November. Given the reports of the windshields being replaced in the delivered units, issues with the headlights, Siemens likely has a backlog building up of ACS-64s waiting on the final design decisions and modifications before being shipped out.
That is correct. Spoke with someone from Mechanical who said that production has slowed while all the testing continues. Thus problems can be identified and corrected before the whole fleet is built.
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Amtrak ACS64 Passed by Philly about 30 mins ago! It was heading towards NYC.
It's doing EMI testing, I think today was the last before it goes back to checked on.Amtrak ACS64 Passed by Philly about 30 mins ago! It was heading towards NYC.
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