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05-13-2013, 01:29 PM
Amtrak is replacing some of it's aging fleet of engines, starting with some on its most travelled routes.
The three are the first of 70 new locomotives the railroad is buying to operate on the Northeast corridor between Washington and Boston. Amtrak said they would operate at speeds up to 125 miles per hour on the Northeast route, matching the top speed of its current regional trains.The trains also will operate on Amtrak’s Keystone route between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., where they will operate at speeds up to 110 m.p.h., officials at the railroad said.
The new locomotives will be regular trains, not the railroad’s high-speed Acela line, which reaches top speeds of 150 m.p.h..
“The new Amtrak locomotives will help power the economic future of the Northeast region, provide more reliable and efficient service for passengers, and support the rebirth of rail manufacturing in America,” said Joseph H. Boardman, Amtrak’s president and chief executive.
The locomotives are part of a $466 million contract with Siemens. They will replace engines that have been in service for 25 to 35 years and have run an average of more than 3.5 million miles. Some of them have logged an average of nearly 4.5 million miles.
The engines are being paid for with a $532 million loan from the Federal Railroad Administration, money that Amtrak said it would recoup with ticket revenue from the Northeast corridor. The company also estimates that the new locomotives will save it more than $300 million in energy costs.
They remind me a bit of AMTRAKs AEM-7s.
Amtrak Unveils New Locomotives (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/amtrak-unveils-new-locomotives.html?_r=0)
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The three are the first of 70 new locomotives the railroad is buying to operate on the Northeast corridor between Washington and Boston. Amtrak said they would operate at speeds up to 125 miles per hour on the Northeast route, matching the top speed of its current regional trains.The trains also will operate on Amtrak’s Keystone route between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., where they will operate at speeds up to 110 m.p.h., officials at the railroad said.
The new locomotives will be regular trains, not the railroad’s high-speed Acela line, which reaches top speeds of 150 m.p.h..
“The new Amtrak locomotives will help power the economic future of the Northeast region, provide more reliable and efficient service for passengers, and support the rebirth of rail manufacturing in America,” said Joseph H. Boardman, Amtrak’s president and chief executive.
The locomotives are part of a $466 million contract with Siemens. They will replace engines that have been in service for 25 to 35 years and have run an average of more than 3.5 million miles. Some of them have logged an average of nearly 4.5 million miles.
The engines are being paid for with a $532 million loan from the Federal Railroad Administration, money that Amtrak said it would recoup with ticket revenue from the Northeast corridor. The company also estimates that the new locomotives will save it more than $300 million in energy costs.
They remind me a bit of AMTRAKs AEM-7s.
Amtrak Unveils New Locomotives (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/amtrak-unveils-new-locomotives.html?_r=0)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Aem7_916.jpg/300px-Aem7_916.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/juhc14.jpg