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Re: Amtrak's ACS-64 design |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Jan 14 14:45:58 2011, in response to Re: Amtrak's ACS-64 design, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri Jan 14 13:30:34 2011. much as how they went with their own designs for the Acela as opposed to a copycatted X-2000 or an ICE trainset for the NECSupposedly, Amtrak went with Acela primarily because they were able to secure better financing from Bombardier than from Siemens or ABB. Coincidentally, by the time Amtrak started operating Acela, ABB ended up becoming a part of Bombardier. Even though the ALP-46 is really of an AdTranz lineage*, one could argue that Amtrak just doesn't want to be bothered with Bombardier (and Alstom) anymore given the problems from Acela. *Note the progression: AEM-7 -> ASEA ALP-44 -> ABB ALP-46 -> AdTranz ALP-46A -> Bombardier The HHP-8 is the odd duck being based on Alstom's Sybic motors which weren't highly regarded even in France, and the Acela locomotives were based on an equivalent Class 101-esque design for SNCF that was never built due to SNCF opting for a larger order of TGV sets... |
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