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Re: Amtrak Announces Order for complete replacement of 20 Acela Express trainsets |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Dec 15 16:37:54 2012, in response to Re: Amtrak Announces Order for complete replacement of 20 Acela Express trainsets, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Dec 15 16:33:05 2012. the tilt mechanism had to be hobbled because 4" were added to the car width for better aisles. Unfortunately that meant that at "full tilt" passing trains would have kissed--not a good idea @ 130 mph +IIRC the 4 " issue surfaced through Don Phillips column in Trains mag a year or so before revenue deployment. |
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