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Amtrak plans to replace all 20 Acela trainsets

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[quote user="oltmannd"] A chance to get it right!  Buy lightweight, off the shelf European design (ICE-T anyone?).  No unexpected problems due to excess weight, or too-wide carbodies, or expensive, boutique designs!  Just do it then hammer the FRA into submission.  Show congress that "off the shelf" costs X and "FRA compliant" cost "2X" (or whatever) and let them carry the ball. [/quote] For a Congress that has participated in getting the U.S. to more than $16 trillion in national debt, as well as more than $46 trillion in unfunded liabilities, I am hard pressed to believe that it (Congress) has a clue about optimizing costs. In another post it was suggested that Amtrak could restrict freight train operations to the dead of night to accommodate European designs on the NEC. This is what Capital Metro has done on the Austin and Western, where it runs Stadler equipment for the Red Line commuter service. Two unintended consequences have popped up. Running freight trains at night means nighttime premium pay for the crews. And a number of shippers are not happy with the arrangement because of the delays in shipping or receiving their loads, so I have been told.   I am not familiar with the re-routing options available to freight carriers operating along the NEC. If there are any viable alternatives, they may opt to use them, and Amtrak would be out the revenues.
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