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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Jan 14 14:54:19 2011, in response to Re: Amtrak's ACS-64 design, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Jan 14 13:38:49 2011. since the ALP-46 is a proven design, they could be put into service in numbers relatively quicklyI suspect that the secret problem is that unlike our friends at State Railways in Newark, Amtrak is forced to comply with Buy America requirements due to its use of federal dollars, and at that point, Siemens and Bombardier are going to be on somewhat equal footing as that would require both firms to set up a new production line in the United States. How will this new engine handle very old catenary? Testing? Multiple voltage changes? Dude, the Siemens Eurosprinters are capable of 15kV @ 16.7 hz, 25kV @ 50 hz, 1.5kV DC, and 3kV DC. Playing around with Amtrak's voltages and frequencies isn't that much trouble, especially with modern electric components. |
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