Amtrak Acela high speed

[Flipzsd2]

lol more like DUCK FOR COVER  not TRAIN APPROACHING LOL!

[Flipzsd2]

lol more like TRAIN APPROACHING DUCK FOR COVER NOW!

[disneylandguy10]

That was the fastest acela I've seen!!

[sideslide23]

were getting another of these for the cooridor from Chicago to St Louis, there going to start working on it September of this year.

[fafnir242]

@sideslide23 I wish. That'd be awesome.

[hellvelle24]

by the time the warning system came on the train already was in front of the station bad warning system.

[cttrainguy]

@hellvelle24 The announcement starts well before it hits the station, I caught the final one. Sometimes it continues after the train has gone by too.

[CST1992]

@cttrainguy "train aproaching. please remain b....."

[CST1992]

@cttrainguy fast train

[RenfeFTW]

Train aproaching ,please remain behind yellow line .

Which yellow line????

*sees line and train*

Oh shit!!!!

*Gets Acelated*

[skeilak]

I take the Acela from Penn Station in NYC, to Boston, several times a year. I love the train and the service, but my only complaint is that sometimes North bound, and always South bound, we have to stop, often along the same stretch of tracks, just past the big swamp, in Conn., because another train or signal equipment broke down.

America really needs more high speed rail. Too bad the airline lobby will never let that happen.

[amtrak710123]

that looked faster than 150

[CSXKid5016]

They cant go more than 150.

[bigjohn955]

@CSXKid5016

untrue... they were tested at over 200mph, but only go 150mph with people on them...

[CSXKid5016]

No I mean they cant legally go over 150.

[jas876p]

i was on that train in jan 8 on friday it go fast when i was on it i scare

[EdwinR890]

did you feel like it was too fast, cause i want to ride it....

[cttrainguy]

It was smoother than a plane ride and since the train leans into the corners (tilts), you don't feel any centrifugal forces while riding. Can walk down the center aisle without using your "sea legs".

[sideslide23]

Acela may be the slowest high speed train, but hey, America got to start from someplace and eventually will catch up with the TGV.

[clark38571]

eventually being the key word. acelas top speed is 200. but only 150 cause of old track and to much traffic restricting it. but we need to get out of debt before they will actually do anything to get out trains faster. id love to ride on a tgv at 200mph.

[sideslide23]

what they need is track improvement, electrical and other stuff, becide on the News release at amtrack website, they said that they would fix the northeast corridor, and expend the acela to the boarder of Florida.

[clark38571]

yea thats what ive herd. i cant seem to find that on thier website.

[southparkfan2717]

It is ridicules that in this country they think that everyone just needs to depend on air travel for long domestic trips, and most of the passenger trains we do have just go so slow. I for one have no fear of flying, but there is a very large number of people that do. Its stupid that we are only just starting to get high speed trains. To all Europeans reading this, I envy you.

[phantomlord54]

Acela could be right up there fighting for supremacy with its European counterparts if this country would just get fuckin' serious about high-speed rail

[citidelx]

that was so cool!

[sideslide23]

Nevada is getting their Desert Xpress high speed train and the construction starts nextyear, and ready for passenger service by 2014, the Desert Xpress will go from victorvill C.A. to Las Vegas N.V. traveling 150 MPH

[mrgibson]

that was sexy!

[phantomlord54]

When the WC gets its line, the EC will build Acela its own line, modify the lead power unit to do 280 MPH, and the NEC will regain its rail speed supremacy dammit!!!

[jimsyard]

crap that is fast!

[UberNoobtard]

in order to react to that warning, you need to have the reaction time that is the same speed as chuck norris's roundhouse kicks

[MadScience8]

That is exactly what I was going to say.

[Lukelr]

@Dunnybrusher - that was exactly what I was thinking...lol.

[Avanti050]

Geat vid!! 5*

[Dunnybrusher]

"Train approaching. Please remain--"

VOOOOSH

'Say what?' lol

[traindude80]

That was much faster than 135mph.

[jamescase13]

the warning was almost too late....what...2 seconds warning?

[dalejrfan800]

... wow imagine if that fucker was going by at 300mph...

[prorobo]

It's top speed is 200.

[dalejrfan800]

yeah, I know, so? I am saying that it would of been badass if it was one of the faster trains... I didn't say it could go 300mph...

[trainz675]

how many trains a day for the acela express?

[cttrainguy]

Between Boston and New Haven there are at least 10-12 per day both ways.

[89horizon]

Yeah I guess that warning is in case you like to stand in the middle of the tracks and you need someone to tell you when the train is coming.

[cttrainguy]

Too many people stand too close to the tracks, and train will suck you in. Plus the train is so quiet most people don't hear it until its too late. Common sense is not so common anymore. Driving these trains is one of the most stressful jobs on the planet because if someone wanders too close they cannot stop the train for a mile+

[sammydenyc]

"Train approaching." No duh!

[mugshotesp]

They should say.

"train coming through, stand clear of the platform!"

[sammydenyc]

lol. They should do that.

What I meant though was, you see the train coming, right? There's the train, you see it very clearly. THEN it announces "train approaching." No duh!

[sammydenyc]

nice air relief for extreme heat

[born2bewild100]

thats crazy fast!!

[fordsuckbigtime]

that mad fast i cant wait to ride the acela

[MacGear14]

Ahhhh, so sleek. Love it.

[phantomlord54]

A ten ton hammer on that throttle

[dejohnLK]

I love it. I LOVE THE RUSH!

[RCdash9]

"Train approching, please remain...(zhu zhu zhu zhu zhu zhu)" LOL.

[cttrainguy]

Evening around 6:00 PM in April

[crapper1]

train approaching please stay(train blows past) line

[acela2120]

I would like to know whats top speed for the acela on a open straight a way.

[buggiecar]

160 mph. Or 150

[cttrainguy]

Top speed LIMIT is 150mph

Top design speed is 165 mph

[KB1KOI]

Amtrak Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement (ACSE) electronically limits the speed to 150 mph

[furryfurball1221]

damn!

[andow21]

My advice DONT GO ACROSS THE TRACKS DAMN THAT ACELA WAS FAST !

[Pawlisko]

4. There is quiet car - nice, but where is car with pico-cells for improved cell phone coverage? Many times I have problems with my connection on cell due to lack of coverage. In Europe it is becoming standard in trains to have repeaters for cell phones inside (except quiet cars)

5. Somehow - BOS-NYP should be 2:30 max 3 hrs. 3:30 is nice but slow :)

Anything else?

[Pawlisko]

2. More trains during peak of travels - before and after holidays. I did not book ticket before Columbus Day and finished with 6 hrs Chinatown Bus due to traffic nightmare. I thought that I will get mad.

3. Speedometers - seen on ICE - small thing but it is nice - thou seeing that on part of track speed is not huge might be frustrating.

[Pawlisko]

I've send AcelaNEC msq - some points I made about service - maybe you can add some more.

FYI - I travel on route BOS-NYP; used to travel with ICE trains in Germany.

1. Better timing - why last Acela from Boston is leaving 5:20? I am convinced that 9:00 PM leaving from BOS to NYP would also had a lot of customers. If not 9PM maybe 8PM. There is Regional 9:15PM but in NYP at 2:05 AM - come on, this is crazy.

[BrittanyxKilla]

lol. By the time your brian would react to the audio, your remians would be scattered down the track in 10 million pieces.

[mj1234321]

It actually repeats that "train approaching" warning several times before the train gets there.

[KB1KOI]

and repeats many times after the train has gone by

[buggiecar]

I'm going to see an acela on Sept 30 07

[v8fepasa]

We,Brazilians will never have a wonderful train like that. You know why? It's because our politicians (most of then) are a bunch of thieves corrupts and Brazilian people acept all those wrong things and even so does anything. I'm feelin so shame to be Brazilian!

[mikeeb777]

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AcelaNEC]

Im an Acela operater and im interested on your comments about our rails. We do not need track upgrades perse but we do need, a new system for running trains, we do not go slower south of NYC, because the tracks are inferior physically we could go about 135 safely, but since those tracks meet so much train traffic, we must ride slower.

[KB1KOI]

is it possible that a peer-peer system that sends speed data, location on track/ section, etc. The idea is to create an ad hoc speed zone controlled by Civil Speed Enforcement. It would work with the block lights.

[citidelx]

I rode the Acela to DC from NYP and it was a safe fast ride. Not as fast as the ICE3 in Germany though. My problem is that you pay a premium only to save approximately 30 minute travel time because of the shared lines

[buggiecar]

I would be scared to stand next to THAT!

[phantomlord54]

is MA the only spot on the corridor in which it's doing 150?

[cttrainguy]

Central RI and southern MA are both 150 corridors, somewhere on Amtrak's site is shows a graphic of the speed zones.

Curves limit the speed in CT, I understand its the catenary south of NYC to DC that limits speeds there.

The NEC between NH and NYC is on viaduct and very inaccessible. Otherwise they may have some broken fencing like on the interstates. Grade crossing supposed to have sensors in them that brake the train should the crossing be blocked.

[phantomlord54]

I imagine the entire catenary network south of NYC needs a total overhaul, but I'm sure that'll take forever to be resolved, like everything else in this country, what a shame

[cttrainguy]

Fortunately the state of CT owns the catenary from NH to New York state line, and Metro North owns it in NY State, so both got upgraded as needed, relatively quickly. CT dragged its heels a bit, but now all the old NH triangular catenary from 1917 is gone.

I understand the NEC south of NYC needs millions of dollars in upgrades.

[phantomlord54]

that's totally awesome

[youngcannontbd]

god damn!!

[Rodalvesdepaula]

WOW!!!

[Cooldit]

the station im talkin about is a marc station, cheaply built, on ground level not a platform

[cttrainguy]

They're finally getting serious about rail travel here with gas prices and interstates at a crawl. A number of people have committed suicide by jumping in front of Acela or other high speed trains in Connecticut. Hate to be the train driver.

[KB1KOI]

In regards to train ridership, ProJo reported that Amtrak ridership is up 20%, with a 50 % with the acela

[cttrainguy]

You would think that would get enough congressmen thinking about the viability of high speed rail. Let them commute on I-95 for a day and see what they say then! They subsidize highways and airlines but they require trains to make a profit. Hypocrites.

[Cooldit]

i put containers of BBQ sauce on the tracks to get run over. The acela or regional never stops there but blows the containers away and leaves nothing but liquid. SQIUSHHHH!!! I also saw a bird fly out and get hit by one, it splattered everywhere, YUCK!

[BNSFDisneyZildjian]

I love that Sexy Train

[FCaK2]

damn it!!!toooo close! It looks fastest train I ever seen!exciting!

I wanna go to there ^ω^

[mrmallemolen]

nice video i like it

[bLuToRsE]

It would suck so bad to get hit by one of those...

So bad...

[alx2925]

yes it would, idk i u know this, but about 2 months ago, a kid got hit by one goin 144 MPH. It was also not that far from here, like 30 somethin miles up In Mansfield Mass

[bLuToRsE]

Well, I hope he died instantly...

[phantomlord54]

I think it's high time that trains, especially expresses on the NEC, are fully enclosed by some sort of barrier - fencing, walls, etc.

[illxtra]

Maybe the sensor that activates the "Train Approaching" warning should be a little further up the tracks, lol!

[phantomlord54]

It is - what you're hearing there is one of the last announcements - watch some of the other Acela videos from MA/RI, you'll see it's announced pretty far in advance and repeated several times

[patmix]

speaker dont have time to advertise

train approching

look and listen

how is speed ?

[VideoCyberspace]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAMN!

How the hell do they get a train to go that fast?

[cttrainguy]

Electric motors - I believe each engine on the Acela is 6,000 hp for a total of 12,000 hp per train.

[VideoCyberspace]

Whoa...

Thanks for the reply.

[phantomlord54]

you know I'm inclined to believe that they could probably get the Acela to go much faster, if not for all the speed restrictions on the NEC

[bum291]

Try a search on "TGV" and you'll see A LOT faster train!

[noah272]

The announcement repeats itself probably three or 4 times before the train actaully comes, so that wasn't the first announcement

[DHMwithT]

He is probably doing 145 here. He would still be accelerating from the 90 MPH curve about 5 miles to the south. He would hit 150 right before the next curve maybe 1 1/2 miles to the north.  I worked this district last spring and I've enjoyed many cab rides at 150.

[pyrolimeade]

I am lol'ing at your comments. I thought I saw a minute long video somewhere where the announcement came on like once 30 seconds beforet he train even went by.

[gowest272004]

LOL! Thanks! There was one video when they announced it AFTER the train has passed the station! The train went by and five seconds later, they announced it! I was LMAO!

[gowest272004]

Isn't it a BIT late to yell "Train approaching"? The train passed the station when it was announced! Lazy bums at the station.

[cttrainguy]

The announcement is automated when the train hits a sensor in the tracks. Apparently it's not set for the maximum speed.

[crapper1]

wow thats fast "train approaching" lol

[utcada]

AMAZING!!!

[bwitchedfan1221]

sorry to comment so much but that looks like it was the fastest one you recorded.

[cttrainguy]

I have a southbound video taken from the eleveated platform about 3 ft from the train. They say yuo're not supposed to take pics of trains these dasy yet there's no law against it. That one went so fast the catenary bounced for a minute afterward.

[Splinter4077]

"Train approaching. Please *train passes* re.." wow that was fast.

[scrapmaster09]

Haha, a bit to fast for the automated anouncer

[cttrainguy]

With Acela, usually there's an additional announcement after the train has passed.  Not so for the local trains!

[sidewalkpilot]

yeah, he's too slow