And trainsets have no flexibility based on passenger load. Illinois Transit Museum has a beautiful example. Trucks are between the cars. To "uncouple" a car, you have to lift it up from the truck (bogey) in a maintenance shop.
The US does not have the tracks to run the TGV or Eurostar. The X2000 would have been the best choice for the existing infrastructure...plus it was a tested technology...dumb committee
The Acela is what happens when you design a trainset by committee. Every generation or so, people discover (again!) why trainSETS rarely work in this country. One bad coach sidelines the whole set.
x2000 would have been the best choice for a high speed train in the US. MUCH better than that ugly-ass accela.
penguinmaster7 6 months ago
And trainsets have no flexibility based on passenger load. Illinois Transit Museum has a beautiful example. Trucks are between the cars. To "uncouple" a car, you have to lift it up from the truck (bogey) in a maintenance shop.
ArtStone 1 year ago
Whats that train at 0:28?
NS9647 2 years ago
SEPTA R7 Trenton to Philadelphia local with Silverliner II cars
oaksmodelrr 2 years ago
Septa
Lifty4ever 2 years ago
The US does not have the tracks to run the TGV or Eurostar. The X2000 would have been the best choice for the existing infrastructure...plus it was a tested technology...dumb committee
internetguruking 4 years ago 3
What a weird horn for a beautiful train.:p
amtrak101 5 years ago
That's because it's from Europe!
trainriders1031 4 years ago 3
wouldn't it be better if amtrak bought TGVs or a Eurostar? (lol) cool vid
mrmbta 5 years ago
The Acela is what happens when you design a trainset by committee. Every generation or so, people discover (again!) why trainSETS rarely work in this country. One bad coach sidelines the whole set.
Superedit 5 years ago
On a scale of 1/10, i would give the X2000 a 200. Another thing about the X2000, it only has one loco,
you don't need two.
2GUNBOY 5 years ago
Actually it's an EMU so there is no locomotive.
geoking66 4 years ago 2
@geoking66 um wrong..... there's a locomotive in the back
TEMPLE7D 1 year ago
sweet shots, always wished Amtrak would have bought the X2000 and extended them instead of producing the Acela.
Buddahboo 5 years ago