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Amtrak bought 73 trainsets from Siemens

Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 11:40:55 No.1679965 View View Reply Original Report

Some of the trainsets ordered are EMUs with battery backup that allows them to travel short stretches of unelectrified track between long electrified segments.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 14:08:25 No.1679995 Report

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good

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 18:58:34 No.1680045 Report

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>>1679965
Where are there long stretches of electrified track with short stretches of non electrified track between them?

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 19:11:50 No.1680049 Report

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>>1680045
The line out south from San Jose Diridon?

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 22:12:06 No.1680106 Report

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>>1680045
I would assume it's for when the power goes out on the NEC or for Springfield/Virginia trains so they don't need to switch engines at DC/New Haven

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 22:49:50 No.1680114 Report

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>>1680049
>literally where

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 23:40:38 No.1680132 Report

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>>1680106
This. They're also intending to run them on services that run about half their route on the NEC such as the Vermonter, Carolinian, and Pennsylvanian

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Anonymous Fri 09 Jul 2021 12:06:53 No.1680326 Report

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Notice they didn't say just how short the batteries can power the train. My guess is that it is that aspect is just a meme

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