Home · Maps · About
Home > SubChat
 

[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ]
[ First in Thread | Next in Thread ]

 

view flat

Re: PHOTOS: Acela II at Penn Coach Yard Thursday

Posted by transittransit on Fri Sep 17 21:48:23 2021, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Acela II at Penn Coach Yard Thursday, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Sep 17 19:01:11 2021.

You truly are obsessed with low platforms. Why is that a measure of a train for you? What station on the NEC has a low platform for a full length train? More importantly, what station has only a low platform? That’s what I thought High platforms are the way of the world, yes, because of accessibility and also because it decreases dwell time. A mix of high and low platforms for a single service also increases infrastructure costs

No, Acela type service is not going beyond D.C. anytime soon because mainly, Amtrak doesn’t own the track. Therefore, they have no plans to put up catenary. As for Acela, wouldn’t work on Keystone Service. Yes, platforms are one issue but the other is maintenance. There’s no way to service trains in Harrisburg (or Philly for that matter) Only maintenance bays these trains have access to is Sunnyside Yard in NYC. No room for the original Acela and so called “Acela 2”. Also, good for Metra. They can also cutoff one car unlike Acela. It runs as a trainset and generally has to be moved and maintained as such.

Any why do you despise the name??? It’s actually taken pretty well, so much so that the news media has gotten around to calling the cities it connects, the “Acela Corridor”.

Do you hate trains?

Responses

Post a New Response

Your Handle:

Your Password:

E-Mail Address:

Subject:

Message:



Before posting.. think twice!


[ Return to the Message Index ]