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Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains

Posted by kp5308 on Tue Jan 1 16:55:21 2019, in response to Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Dec 28 15:20:34 2018.

Well, there was that one anecdote about the Turbos hitting, what, over 150 on some test run?

The Metroliner & TurboTrain sets had to go 160 to meet the terms of the FRA contract. A top speed of a little over 170 was reached by a 3 car DOT lettered set on a 22 mile carefully groomed track 3 of the Corridor between Trenton & New Brunswick NJ back in 1967. A 2 car Metroliner set hit 160 at the same location earlier the same year.




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