Very nice. We went from Emeryville to Chicago to Baltimore round trip. Enjoyed the trip but the terrible privately owned and unmaintained rail beds made for a slow and bumpy trip.
It makes no sense to build high-speed lines across the US - the distances are too great. A guy who works for a railway contracting firm explained to me that high-speed trains capture distances that take between 3-8 hours to drive. Any closer and it's not worth losing the convenience of having your own car at the destination, any further and even the high speed train is slow compared to flying. There's a lot of the US that is beyond an 8 hour drive.
@UraeusAnkhAmon Oh I wish other countries all the best in life. All I'm saying is that I only care about American products inside of America because they create jobs in America. Foreign products drain money OUT of America. That's all I'm saying. If I lived in France I wouldn't care to see American products in France either.
@JetMechMA So you are saying that other countries "give" their money away so that they can have a new "toy" to play with? You are saying that the Acela doesn't give jobs?
@UraeusAnkhAmon I'm not saying any of that. Those are YOUR words, not mine. Look, I TOLD you, my position is not anti-foreign products....it's anti-foreign products inside America because it should have been Americans building train sets in America, THAT's why. Americans building things in America creates the most jobs for Americans. Importing foreign products into America causes layoffs and is a drain on the economy. Our current economic depression is proof of that.
@UraeusAnkhAmon Just dig a hole and kill them, right? Is that what you want me to say? WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE FRENCH WORKERS WHEN THEY GOT DONE BUILDING THE TRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!! How dishonest can you get? That's a totally dishonest argument. "They can't build the trains in America because once the trains are built they would have to layoff the workers." ......and what? What do you imagine from that? That being laid off would be.....what?....too traumatic for the workers? What are you saying?
@JetMechMA When the workers stopped building the Acela, they began building other trains like NJ Transit trains and German double deckers. What I'm saying is that building a set of trains in the US and only that set is not really possible, because then you don't need the workers anymore and then you have to dump them, like Bombardier did in England, the workers could only work on building trains and when the company didn't want them anymore they couldn't really go anywhere else
@UraeusAnkhAmon BULL SHIT. I'm getting tired of you. I don't give a DAMN about your anti-American attitude. You BORE me, do you here me? BORE me. Go fuck off. I'll never support foreign products causing job loss in America. You're wasting your breath.
@UraeusAnkhAmon Your entire premise is bull shit. The Acela only runs in a limited corridor. American workers could build them for other American venues and then build the next generation train-set....and or throw in being a repair and overhaul shop for all of them too. Look buddy, America had a fully internal economy before traitors DESTROYED it. We know God damned well how to DESIGN, BUILD, and OPERATE trains in America.
These American trains are running on 100-year-old mainlines shared with much slower trains. Our requirements are not the same as those dedicated European, Chinese, and Japanese high-speed rail lines.
@HUNNGreen, BTW this platform was closed over the weekend, replaced by new high and low level platforms just to the north of the old one (behind the camera). Search PHILLYNRHS CROYDON for still pictures.
China is actually still a poor country per capita. It has a lot of "capita", though, some 1.2 billion people. And it's extending high speed rail into Vietnam or something. If high speed rail doesn't happen in America, then America falls behind. Which means the Tea Party is being stupid.
a amtrak menoliner is behind a acela-hhp8 its impossible for it to be be behind a amtrak-6130 cause a cupler is two times higher than a amtrak-6130. and the hi speed cupler is different ones. 99cm2 is for the amtrak-6130 and a 66cm2 is for the acela
it probably wont reach florida but florida will have their first phase of the HSR from tampa bay to Orlando, and eventually will go from Orlando to Miami.
Acela never goes as fast as she can.. she can hit 200mph, but she's limited to 150mph, but only averages about half of that because of restrictions (like the one seen in the video).
@Captain42x Yup, in this part of town, just 10 mph faster. Metroliner (today's Northeast Regional) goes 125 mph. Acela goes 135. Political reasons keep Northeast Regional to 120 mph in some spots, too, to keep Acela competitive south of New York City.
@Captain42x But do you get a drink that sits still on your tray table around 144 mph corners, no do you have a leather seat, no do you have access to club acela, no. It s not just about speed its about the experience.
@Captain42x There are other things on Acela that you don't get on a regional. Like, tilting into curves, which enables higher speeds that a regional, better food service, and just overall, the trip is much higher in quality than that of a regional. It's more than just speed, it's the quality of the trip too. And the Acela can actually go 200 mph, it just requires (due to FRA regulations) a separate track in order to go that fast. :)
@UraeusAnkhAmon The Acela can reach speeds up to 200 mph, but it needs it's own dedicated tracks to get up to that speed. Otherwise (according to FRA law) any high speed train must have its own track strictly to itself if it is to go above 150 mph. :) Where did you get those calculations?
@UraeusAnkhAmon 200mph IS the Acela Max. speed capability. it almost reached 170 in testing near Princeton JCT in New Jersey in 1999 (actually 168mph) but it can fully go 200.
California plans on building one through the state. Also, they are still in the works of a high speed train from Victorville, CA (my hometown, yeah!) to Las Vegas, NV.
I think the USA is so big that there won't be any high speed trains criss crossing the country anytime soon. But we'll start to see these smaller state projects appear throughout the early part of this century. I'll miss the bombardier cars though.
That's a really good question and I don't feel qualifed to answer it, sorry. I know the Cajon Pass has trains run through there at a heavily congested rate though. It's one of the the only ways to get rail traffic through the mountains right there.
True. As much as I want to see those dollars pour into Victorville, I agree with a lot of other people that it should originate in Los Angeles rather than Victorville. People are already 1/3 the way to LV when they get to victorville from LA anyways. I'm sure they had decent reasons to cancel it, but I'm willing to bet someone will pick it up in the future.
Your wrong. The maximum speed of the Italian line was 250 km/h (160 mph), Unless you mean the top speed is 320km/h train but the speed limit with passengers no more than 250.
We complain that our 140mph trains are too slow. Intercity trains here are classed as slow if they do 100 mph. Eurostar cruises along at 186mph for the whole distance London- Paris.
I'm from Europe, and interesting in high speed train, but I wonder why in USA is only one high speed train line (Acela)? what about California, Illlinois, Tesxas?
for all people who whines about US not getting HSR:
-The European Countries were devestated after WW2. Everything was a madhouse. the most things destroyed was the rail system. the new government, including germany invested heavily on HSR because they wanted a new life in transportation after the war. about 30 years later, the TGV was formed.the americans however, invested on HSR poorly, resulting in only the Acela being born on the NEC
Uh yeah people whine about the US not having a high speed rail because they obviously have no idea what a high speed rail is. A high speed rail is a train exceeding 90MPH at any given time. We get these Acelas and Regional trains up to 125 and higher!
I think they meant having dedicated high-speed systems like Europe...sure, we GET them up to those speeds, but they don't maintain it, as I'm sure you know
@DeltaPhi79 90! Are you mad, that's regional speed (in Germany, Great Britan, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, China and many other contries), so what you are saying that mainline speed in those are highspeed. You are the one who doesn't know what high speed is.
By US standards it's avove 125 MPH, by EU standards it's above 155 MPH.
Acela is soooo freakin', well, not special. Gosh I wish we had the money to get them nice genuine high speed trains like them ones they have in Japan and China and Eerope... Darn it, gotta go to Beijing to ask fo more moneyz...
Why is the American rail system so old in America? Im just curious as the trains, except the Acela Express, are so old and look so dated. I think the U.S government should invest time and money into bringing it up into the 21st century. Here in the UK our rail system isn't the most glamorous as our European counterparts, But with the Intercity program starting in a few years, we will be going foreword, not backwards.
Most Amtrak equipment is from the 70s and 80s except for the acela, but the equipment is rebuilt and updated every few years, for example those passenger cars are from the 70s but look brand new on the inside. The government is also starting to invest in building new high speed rail lines so we're making progress.
we mite have "stupid horns" but at least we don't have have a retarded bell on ar trains when a trains pulling in2 a station. Thats just soooo stupid.
Thats for saftey at least we blow are horns at crossings and speaking of crossings no wonder people go around the bariers the they go down like 5 minutes befor the train even gets there jeeez
As long as you are free? What with the the American government? Dont make me laugh. Americans will never be free! I think us British are more free than you
@slr0084 We have mostly frieght trains in the USA. The USA is a lot larger than the UK and we have a lot more trackage here. It would be very expensive to replace these tracks with wider curves and a catenary system along every Amtrak route. Our trains can go any faster because we have people who play chicken with them. It's not our motive power or our cars, it's just our tracks. Our trains look modern -American style is different than UK style. Wonder why your trains don't have bells?
@p42Amtrak83 Because bells are completly useless, if you have a country with poeple that are self aware and intelligent, then you don't need a bell to annoy and distract people.
What do you mean when you say that American trains are modern?
I wish the US would build high-speed train lines. Going on a holiday making stopoffs from San Diego to Vancouver and then get to watch all the scenery from the comfort of a high-speed train would be awesome.
it will happen, the will is there now...the economic downturn means you can build a high speed line for a lot cheaper than you could a year ago, hence why obama and biden have pushed it so hard this year
@adamcrookedsmile The population density in the US northwest does not justify the cost of high-speed lines there. A true high-speed line is planned for San Francisco to San Diego.
Acela was kicking butt because the inside tracks at that location are good for 125 and the outside tracks are only good for 100. I get to run all of these trains and although I love running the Acelas, I hate riding them. I think there tilt system makes the ride nauseating. Alot of people say that.. Nice video BTW John
Too bad the PRR is but a distant memory - they pioneered ultra-high-speed rail service in the U.S. - they rolled out Metroliner service under the Penn Central banner.
It was even faster than the vaunted Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha ("Slow to 90" on curves), or the speed war between the 20th Century Limited and PRR's own Broadway Limited.
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Great! Could be a Grif Teller calendar image for today.
thats a hell of a rush lol I have been there it deosnt matter where you stand you will still be shaken like that I do photography and love doing shots like this exceptmines with a still camra and not video...hell that acela would easilly stomp that reignal..I have been in the cab of one of those acelas it looks like an aircraft cockpit inside really cool...
well I have not riden an acela but I can tell you the thalys of France, the ICE of Germany and the Eurostar of Italy are pretty sweet rides. And thanks to the advancement of rail roads in those countries they can go speeds past 150mph.
Hi I'm english so used to watching our stuff over here. I'm very impressed with these modern high-speed trains you have, and would like to ride in one at some point. They look verymuch like the TGVs to me. 150mph is good too! our newest "pendolinos" (tilting EMU trains) will do 140 but unfortunately are currently limited to 125mph max because of the old-tech signalling systems on the West Coast Mainline on which they opperate. The tilting action in the curves is fun tho, do these ones tilt?
Cool Video! Once when I was on Acela, My train passed an accelerating NJ Transit EMU Train just before Newark Penn. The two trains came very close to eachother but My train(Acela)went faster.
We are thinking of a new high speed train between Calgary and Edmonton down town cores. Our ride with this train would be less then 1.75 hours. That's half the time to go to airports and fly.
You know I am sick and tired of you so called adults picking on the kids here...it's obvious to me that you have no life outside of your computer...so you have to "bully" those who look at things from an innocent point of view..you know these kids will find out soon enough that this world is full of people like yourself who are not tolerant of others...I would suggest that you think twice before you comment and let the kids have fun and learn some tolerance!
@JetMechMA Well, technically, it was built 75% in Canada and 25% in France. So the majority is built in America.
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
@JetMechMA It is built under license in America.
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon I didn't know they were assembled in the US and Canada. That's a compromise I can live with.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
Awesome video!
TheKingofTransit 1 month ago
Super ,ça j’adore,bravo.
larso031 1 month ago
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Very nice. We went from Emeryville to Chicago to Baltimore round trip. Enjoyed the trip but the terrible privately owned and unmaintained rail beds made for a slow and bumpy trip.
AnotherAmateur 3 months ago
all these facts and figures,,,,i'm not impressed at all. I just like trains. Great video!
bfs1888 3 months ago
It makes no sense to build high-speed lines across the US - the distances are too great. A guy who works for a railway contracting firm explained to me that high-speed trains capture distances that take between 3-8 hours to drive. Any closer and it's not worth losing the convenience of having your own car at the destination, any further and even the high speed train is slow compared to flying. There's a lot of the US that is beyond an 8 hour drive.
adamcrookedsmile 4 months ago
Thumbs up if you'd rather ride the Metroliner Service than the "Expensicela" Express.
360Nomad 4 months ago
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360Nomad 4 months ago
Cool!!!
simonspics1 4 months ago
SUPERB CAPTURE!!!!
abhijeetsingh048 4 months ago
Are either of these locomotives Made in USA?
JetMechMA 5 months ago
@JetMechMA The acela isn't.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon I don't see the glory in it then. Has nothing to do with America.
JetMechMA 4 weeks ago
@JetMechMA So because it's not American you don't care?
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon Oh I wish other countries all the best in life. All I'm saying is that I only care about American products inside of America because they create jobs in America. Foreign products drain money OUT of America. That's all I'm saying. If I lived in France I wouldn't care to see American products in France either.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@JetMechMA So you are saying that other countries "give" their money away so that they can have a new "toy" to play with? You are saying that the Acela doesn't give jobs?
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon I'm not saying any of that. Those are YOUR words, not mine. Look, I TOLD you, my position is not anti-foreign products....it's anti-foreign products inside America because it should have been Americans building train sets in America, THAT's why. Americans building things in America creates the most jobs for Americans. Importing foreign products into America causes layoffs and is a drain on the economy. Our current economic depression is proof of that.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@JetMechMA But the problem is when building those trains is done, what do you do with them (workers)?
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon Just dig a hole and kill them, right? Is that what you want me to say? WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE FRENCH WORKERS WHEN THEY GOT DONE BUILDING THE TRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!! How dishonest can you get? That's a totally dishonest argument. "They can't build the trains in America because once the trains are built they would have to layoff the workers." ......and what? What do you imagine from that? That being laid off would be.....what?....too traumatic for the workers? What are you saying?
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@JetMechMA When the workers stopped building the Acela, they began building other trains like NJ Transit trains and German double deckers. What I'm saying is that building a set of trains in the US and only that set is not really possible, because then you don't need the workers anymore and then you have to dump them, like Bombardier did in England, the workers could only work on building trains and when the company didn't want them anymore they couldn't really go anywhere else
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon BULL SHIT. I'm getting tired of you. I don't give a DAMN about your anti-American attitude. You BORE me, do you here me? BORE me. Go fuck off. I'll never support foreign products causing job loss in America. You're wasting your breath.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@JetMechMA What part of it is "BULL SHIT"?
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon Your entire premise is bull shit. The Acela only runs in a limited corridor. American workers could build them for other American venues and then build the next generation train-set....and or throw in being a repair and overhaul shop for all of them too. Look buddy, America had a fully internal economy before traitors DESTROYED it. We know God damned well how to DESIGN, BUILD, and OPERATE trains in America.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon Look, Acela is a magnificent piece of engineering. At the very LEAST, it should be built under license in America.
JetMechMA 3 weeks ago
Why is the dutch flag painted at the front of the train? :')
gijsie63 8 months ago
@NVRambo So is Florida because Govenor Rick Scott said so, but the DesertXpress will stand the chance so they'll be starting by the end of this year.
sideslide23 9 months ago
I think you were far far too close to the Amtrak Metroliner train in the first shot
Maybe that is why stations have the known yellow slabbed platform edge.
Did your camera/camcorder get damaged after the Metroliner shot
vid4487 10 months ago
@vid4487 i thnk your ass got fucked last night
MrEiriku 4 months ago
These American trains are running on 100-year-old mainlines shared with much slower trains. Our requirements are not the same as those dedicated European, Chinese, and Japanese high-speed rail lines.
kjrehberg 1 year ago 10
I would think he slows down when passing another train so the wind compression doesn't rock it to excessive levels.
tryithere 1 year ago
its like every time the AMTRAK came in the camera it shook it lol GREAT CATCH
uniqdymand 1 year ago
pretty cool =o)
878karlik878 1 year ago
KOOL ! GREETINGS FOR THAT VIDEO !
Gratitude from ROMANIA - European Union.
nemesiss01 1 year ago
Croydon? East or West? hehehe we have 2 Croydon stations in the South East of England!!!!! :)
globalcentralline 1 year ago
No South my man! Brighton line
island29 1 year ago
Congratulations for this video! You caught this moment well!:)
HUNNGreen 1 year ago
@HUNNGreen, BTW this platform was closed over the weekend, replaced by new high and low level platforms just to the north of the old one (behind the camera). Search PHILLYNRHS CROYDON for still pictures.
oaksmodelrr 1 year ago
@oaksmodelrr I see...
Anyway, you Americans can make videos of trains well! And you also have good trains!:)
HUNNGreen 1 year ago
@HUNNGreen GOOD? They are horrible!
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
Fast slow big or ugly, whatever nationality, trains are cool to watch :-)
waiotahi52 1 year ago
High speed rails in USA is not gonna happen.
Unless the Chinese fund them, build them and operate them.
kinda like what USA did with Panama Canal.
China is the only country that has money to burn at the moment, and in the foreseeable future.
and China has high speed rail technology (whether stolen or barrowed)
simhopp 1 year ago
@simhopp
China is actually still a poor country per capita. It has a lot of "capita", though, some 1.2 billion people. And it's extending high speed rail into Vietnam or something. If high speed rail doesn't happen in America, then America falls behind. Which means the Tea Party is being stupid.
Rickyrab 1 year ago
a amtrak menoliner is behind a acela-hhp8 its impossible for it to be be behind a amtrak-6130 cause a cupler is two times higher than a amtrak-6130. and the hi speed cupler is different ones. 99cm2 is for the amtrak-6130 and a 66cm2 is for the acela
TheTrainguy10 1 year ago
Extend it down to Florida
cd949604 1 year ago
it probably wont reach florida but florida will have their first phase of the HSR from tampa bay to Orlando, and eventually will go from Orlando to Miami.
sideslide23 1 year ago
Is that the best of American high speed train?
EKJONBEBAGI 1 year ago
@EKJONBEBAGI The fastest US train, yes. A high speed train, not really.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
Hopefully we will get some of this goodness down here in Florida.
drbackjack 1 year ago
Very nice race
Matey1500 2 years ago
nice train！
meitetsukyuukou3500 2 years ago
acela wins!
sirbrickrock 2 years ago
@Captain: Better service... and I can all but assure you that she wasn't going as fast as she could. :P
ReverbZero 2 years ago
Acela never goes as fast as she can.. she can hit 200mph, but she's limited to 150mph, but only averages about half of that because of restrictions (like the one seen in the video).
scaremenga 2 years ago
@scaremenga It can hit 170 MPH according to ambitious calculations.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
The Acela costs twice as much to ride, and yet goes only a tiny bit faster. Hmph.
Captain42x 2 years ago 21
its worth it, theres better food, better confort, and trust me, that ain't 150 mph, its probably under a speed restriction right now
snowball787 2 years ago 3
@Captain42x Yup, in this part of town, just 10 mph faster. Metroliner (today's Northeast Regional) goes 125 mph. Acela goes 135. Political reasons keep Northeast Regional to 120 mph in some spots, too, to keep Acela competitive south of New York City.
kjrehberg 1 year ago
@Captain42x Probably because the Acela is an express train and goes 25 MPH faster.
DeltaPhi79 1 year ago
@Captain42x But do you get a drink that sits still on your tray table around 144 mph corners, no do you have a leather seat, no do you have access to club acela, no. It s not just about speed its about the experience.
jdowney429 1 year ago
@Captain42x There are other things on Acela that you don't get on a regional. Like, tilting into curves, which enables higher speeds that a regional, better food service, and just overall, the trip is much higher in quality than that of a regional. It's more than just speed, it's the quality of the trip too. And the Acela can actually go 200 mph, it just requires (due to FRA regulations) a separate track in order to go that fast. :)
trinityct 9 months ago
@trinityct It can only go up to 175 MPH according to very optimistic calculations.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon The Acela can reach speeds up to 200 mph, but it needs it's own dedicated tracks to get up to that speed. Otherwise (according to FRA law) any high speed train must have its own track strictly to itself if it is to go above 150 mph. :) Where did you get those calculations?
trinityct 4 weeks ago
@trinityct 170
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
@UraeusAnkhAmon 200mph IS the Acela Max. speed capability. it almost reached 170 in testing near Princeton JCT in New Jersey in 1999 (actually 168mph) but it can fully go 200.
trinityct 4 weeks ago
A bit uncalled for mananmater.
California plans on building one through the state. Also, they are still in the works of a high speed train from Victorville, CA (my hometown, yeah!) to Las Vegas, NV.
I think the USA is so big that there won't be any high speed trains criss crossing the country anytime soon. But we'll start to see these smaller state projects appear throughout the early part of this century. I'll miss the bombardier cars though.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
hey tim
i want to know how manny freight and passenger trains whithin 24 houres cycle pass in victorville ?
i wish you best of luck to get fast train between your town and las vegas
patmix 2 years ago
That's a really good question and I don't feel qualifed to answer it, sorry. I know the Cajon Pass has trains run through there at a heavily congested rate though. It's one of the the only ways to get rail traffic through the mountains right there.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
...which is why they are planning to build a new corridor for it.
Coastergeekperson04 2 years ago
@Timsierramist It's about time to get rail service from LA to LV back, such a huge market, don't know why they were canceled in the first place.
PhatFarm60 1 year ago
True. As much as I want to see those dollars pour into Victorville, I agree with a lot of other people that it should originate in Los Angeles rather than Victorville. People are already 1/3 the way to LV when they get to victorville from LA anyways. I'm sure they had decent reasons to cancel it, but I'm willing to bet someone will pick it up in the future.
Timsierramist 1 year ago
@Timsierramist The new trains are probaly going to be made by Bombardier or Siemens.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
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all you fuckin schmucks go back to britain sons of bitches!
mananmater 2 years ago
Really beautiful.
Greetings from Poland.
Qreqorius 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL!!! Really gorgeous!!
MCOvronnaz 2 years ago
This is truly an awesome post
phantomlord54 2 years ago
this is italian fast train ;-)
/watch?v=98RlLdfWZws
320 Km/h
intersezioni 2 years ago
Your wrong. The maximum speed of the Italian line was 250 km/h (160 mph), Unless you mean the top speed is 320km/h train but the speed limit with passengers no more than 250.
Superiorpakfan 1 year ago
COOL AMTRAKS BIRTHDAY
TEMPLE7D 2 years ago
We complain that our 140mph trains are too slow. Intercity trains here are classed as slow if they do 100 mph. Eurostar cruises along at 186mph for the whole distance London- Paris.
gedebage 2 years ago
I'm from Europe, and interesting in high speed train, but I wonder why in USA is only one high speed train line (Acela)? what about California, Illlinois, Tesxas?
AndreasWND 2 years ago
Too many Republicans.
choirboyfromhell1 2 years ago
California has the plane for it and there going to start building it in 2012,
sideslide23 2 years ago 4
Expensive project thats why,
Superiorpakfan 1 year ago
for all people who whines about US not getting HSR:
-The European Countries were devestated after WW2. Everything was a madhouse. the most things destroyed was the rail system. the new government, including germany invested heavily on HSR because they wanted a new life in transportation after the war. about 30 years later, the TGV was formed.the americans however, invested on HSR poorly, resulting in only the Acela being born on the NEC
nuff said
hansol0801 2 years ago
It's all due to geography here. The East Coast in the early 20th Century was criss-crossed by trolley's. They were all abandonded.
tripyramidslide 2 years ago 2
Uh yeah people whine about the US not having a high speed rail because they obviously have no idea what a high speed rail is. A high speed rail is a train exceeding 90MPH at any given time. We get these Acelas and Regional trains up to 125 and higher!
DeltaPhi79 2 years ago
I think they meant having dedicated high-speed systems like Europe...sure, we GET them up to those speeds, but they don't maintain it, as I'm sure you know
phantomlord54 2 years ago
@DeltaPhi79 90! Are you mad, that's regional speed (in Germany, Great Britan, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, China and many other contries), so what you are saying that mainline speed in those are highspeed. You are the one who doesn't know what high speed is.
By US standards it's avove 125 MPH, by EU standards it's above 155 MPH.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
that is so not fast.
earthtojanson 2 years ago 3
Acela is soooo freakin', well, not special. Gosh I wish we had the money to get them nice genuine high speed trains like them ones they have in Japan and China and Eerope... Darn it, gotta go to Beijing to ask fo more moneyz...
by78 2 years ago 3
damn...that Metroliner at 0:20 got pretty close!
Lukelr 2 years ago 3
The best High Speed trains we have are:
1. The HST125 (Hight Speed Train)
2. British Rail class 91- NXEC, used to be GNER
3. Pendolino on Virgin Trains
slr0084 2 years ago
Why is the American rail system so old in America? Im just curious as the trains, except the Acela Express, are so old and look so dated. I think the U.S government should invest time and money into bringing it up into the 21st century. Here in the UK our rail system isn't the most glamorous as our European counterparts, But with the Intercity program starting in a few years, we will be going foreword, not backwards.
slr0084 2 years ago
Most Amtrak equipment is from the 70s and 80s except for the acela, but the equipment is rebuilt and updated every few years, for example those passenger cars are from the 70s but look brand new on the inside. The government is also starting to invest in building new high speed rail lines so we're making progress.
jdgator95 2 years ago
at least ar trains dont have a stupid horn that sounds like a donkey.
Semitruckman101 2 years ago
we mite have "stupid horns" but at least we don't have have a retarded bell on ar trains when a trains pulling in2 a station. Thats just soooo stupid.
slr0084 2 years ago
Thats for saftey at least we blow are horns at crossings and speaking of crossings no wonder people go around the bariers the they go down like 5 minutes befor the train even gets there jeeez
Semitruckman101 2 years ago
Why? Because we have freedom and liberties... Heck, for us, eating is optional, so long we are FREE!
by78 2 years ago
As long as you are free? What with the the American government? Dont make me laugh. Americans will never be free! I think us British are more free than you
slr0084 2 years ago 2
eh, I see you have missed my sarcasm ;)
by78 2 years ago
@slr0084 We have mostly frieght trains in the USA. The USA is a lot larger than the UK and we have a lot more trackage here. It would be very expensive to replace these tracks with wider curves and a catenary system along every Amtrak route. Our trains can go any faster because we have people who play chicken with them. It's not our motive power or our cars, it's just our tracks. Our trains look modern -American style is different than UK style. Wonder why your trains don't have bells?
p42Amtrak83 7 months ago
@p42Amtrak83 Because bells are completly useless, if you have a country with poeple that are self aware and intelligent, then you don't need a bell to annoy and distract people.
What do you mean when you say that American trains are modern?
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
The public transportation in the US sucks.
fjeffrey10 2 years ago 3
That AEM-7's holding its own pretty well! I'm sure the neither is full bore.
wrailfan 2 years ago 2
I wish the US would build high-speed train lines. Going on a holiday making stopoffs from San Diego to Vancouver and then get to watch all the scenery from the comfort of a high-speed train would be awesome.
adamcrookedsmile 2 years ago 2
it will happen, the will is there now...the economic downturn means you can build a high speed line for a lot cheaper than you could a year ago, hence why obama and biden have pushed it so hard this year
Balefan83 2 years ago
@adamcrookedsmile The population density in the US northwest does not justify the cost of high-speed lines there. A true high-speed line is planned for San Francisco to San Diego.
ccolimon 10 months ago
that's awesome!!!
Acela150Kid 2 years ago
Yahy ! nice shot ! the horn just missing !
dashloc 2 years ago
ice goes faster 327 kmh tgv only 320
veedubbb 2 years ago
There is no high speed line for the acela, so it's logic the acela can not run as fast as the TGV.
slimmerikje 2 years ago 2
this was on amtrak's B-day :)
trainz675 2 years ago
very nice!
TRAINMANCW 2 years ago
Awesome !
5* + favourite !
wilsonhonda 2 years ago
lol at :13 the acela honks it horn twice like see ya!
nicholasbreeden 2 years ago
NICE AEM-7
trainamtrakcsx 2 years ago
The two Amtraks are the fastest Trains in the USA
Georgejoyrider 2 years ago
Amazing!!! It's not everyday you see electric locomotives racing against each other, but this is out of signt!!
cornrowcity 2 years ago
Wicked video! Good job!
waldron728 3 years ago
Acela was kicking butt because the inside tracks at that location are good for 125 and the outside tracks are only good for 100. I get to run all of these trains and although I love running the Acelas, I hate riding them. I think there tilt system makes the ride nauseating. Alot of people say that.. Nice video BTW John
ghostengineer 3 years ago
The acela was kicking butt.
Amtrakdavis22 3 years ago
no affence but that was kind of rude the acela just past a fellow train like nothing
TEMPLE7D 3 years ago
As far as i know the acela express is a tgv in another skin! amtrak should have decided for the ICE...it is more comfortable and just prettier :-)
GeilerRitter 3 years ago
It's not a TGV in another skin becuase it wasn't built on TGV technology, and it can't go as fast. TGVs have shorter carriages than the Acela, too.
StapledNote 3 years ago
Or that Swedish X2000.
DeltaPhi79 3 years ago
@GeilerRitter The TGV and Acela are no where near the same in design.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
Great! Could be a Grif Teller calendar image for today.
sji88 3 years ago
You're right! Like I commented above:
"Highball on the Pennsylvania Railroad"!
Too bad the PRR is but a distant memory - they pioneered ultra-high-speed rail service in the U.S. - they rolled out Metroliner service under the Penn Central banner.
It was even faster than the vaunted Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha ("Slow to 90" on curves), or the speed war between the 20th Century Limited and PRR's own Broadway Limited.
sji88 wrote:
Great! Could be a Grif Teller calendar image for today.
OldsVistaCruiser 3 years ago
Awesome, so this is 7 years old! Love it.
Matty231 3 years ago
Did he touch your cam? LOL
WMATAvids 3 years ago
How close did ya get?
five0fan 3 years ago
Close camera was set up on the safe side of yellow line, other camera was against railing about 6 feet back.
oaksmodelrr 3 years ago
thats a hell of a rush lol I have been there it deosnt matter where you stand you will still be shaken like that I do photography and love doing shots like this exceptmines with a still camra and not video...hell that acela would easilly stomp that reignal..I have been in the cab of one of those acelas it looks like an aircraft cockpit inside really cool...
gaycowboy31 3 years ago
Wow!!! What a kick-ass race!!!
KADiamante 3 years ago
very good! its really a good value its exellent more than the others videos.
anisaturno 3 years ago
On the Amtrak train, what is that 5th car on 0:31?
sammydenyc 3 years ago
That's just a Amfleet Cafe Car. They repaint it into Acela colors I think.
andrewkim110 3 years ago
it went by to fast to tell but it looked like one of the amfleet cars for the downeaster train
gaycowboy31 3 years ago
i`ve rode the acela train, and it is so sweet to ride.
zorro1955 3 years ago
well I have not riden an acela but I can tell you the thalys of France, the ICE of Germany and the Eurostar of Italy are pretty sweet rides. And thanks to the advancement of rail roads in those countries they can go speeds past 150mph.
UFO721 3 years ago
@UFO721 Eurostar of Italy? The Eurostar company is French.
UraeusAnkhAmon 4 weeks ago
you are not allowed to walk barefoot in amtrak.
aoimozart 3 years ago
Super video.
PKingman 3 years ago
great video, i love train meets.
ERIELACKU34CH 3 years ago
i cant watch the vid!
formuna101 3 years ago
a little embarassing for the people on Metroliner
Dmitri777AtYouTV 3 years ago
awesome video
Ohiorailfan 3 years ago
Very cool. I plan on riding the Acela next month and will try to post a video.
Hands007 3 years ago
Hi I'm english so used to watching our stuff over here. I'm very impressed with these modern high-speed trains you have, and would like to ride in one at some point. They look verymuch like the TGVs to me. 150mph is good too! our newest "pendolinos" (tilting EMU trains) will do 140 but unfortunately are currently limited to 125mph max because of the old-tech signalling systems on the West Coast Mainline on which they opperate. The tilting action in the curves is fun tho, do these ones tilt?
soundseeker63 3 years ago
Yes, they tilt.
Planeguy13 3 years ago
Amtrak's Acela goes 150 mph for all of about 10 miles in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
LarryGastropoleau 3 years ago
Normal, they use TGVs technology, but are slower.
houlala16 3 years ago
You knew the Acela was going to win that one! good shot
shadowstep77 3 years ago 2
ja bym się bał o aparat :P
sebastianstm 3 years ago
ja bym się bał o aparat :P
sebastianstm 3 years ago
guys i think he had the camera on a tripod and he was standing well back lol! i would...
jamez920 3 years ago
How close were you really at 00:19? The Acelas may be faster, but the AEM7's are prettier! :)
SRRL22 3 years ago
Kinda Close, dont you say?
ibuy4unow 3 years ago
One thing for sure, ibuy4unow, that's TOO close for comfort :-O
Nlangkirby135 3 years ago
How far were you standing when the Metroliner past at 00:19?
Nlangkirby135 3 years ago
nice!
jotoew 3 years ago
the acela won by a nose cone and better technology
cooldit1 3 years ago
Cool Video! Once when I was on Acela, My train passed an accelerating NJ Transit EMU Train just before Newark Penn. The two trains came very close to eachother but My train(Acela)went faster.
TrainzMaster3000 3 years ago
lol they made a platformquake
SpywareHater 3 years ago
Nice close-up of the trains!
iang2643 3 years ago
We are thinking of a new high speed train between Calgary and Edmonton down town cores. Our ride with this train would be less then 1.75 hours. That's half the time to go to airports and fly.
ph11p3540 3 years ago
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'Race'? How old are you? Six? Aren't they just going in same direction? Why exactly would they 'race' anyway? For a big prize?
version150 3 years ago
You know I am sick and tired of you so called adults picking on the kids here...it's obvious to me that you have no life outside of your computer...so you have to "bully" those who look at things from an innocent point of view..you know these kids will find out soon enough that this world is full of people like yourself who are not tolerant of others...I would suggest that you think twice before you comment and let the kids have fun and learn some tolerance!
radio14fun 3 years ago 20
Nicely done and well said...
mrrayco 3 years ago 6
old&new amtrak'S ace trains
mach race so great!so cool!
cmmania 3 years ago 3
Fantastic.
desiro5 3 years ago 2
That date is exactly 30 years since amtrak's debut
trainboy94 4 years ago 2
Highball on the Pennsylvania Railroad!! :-D
OldsVistaCruiser 4 years ago 2
Very nice! Did you set up more than one video camera to record this?
cchan006 4 years ago
Yes, usually set up a few.
oaksmodelrr 4 years ago
Why it was blurry at 00:21?
tonjif 4 years ago
Because the Train Is going so FUCKING FAST!
BRIANamtrak 4 years ago 4