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First Brightline Locomotive Completed....

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Posted by D.Carleton on Monday, October 3, 2016 10:18 PM

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Looking at the rear of the locomotive, it appears that there is no american style AAR coupler. I wonder if this means that the trains will be semipermanently coupled.

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Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, October 3, 2016 9:51 PM

A McIntosh

Looking at the rear of the locomotive, it appears that there is no american style AAR coupler. I wonder if this means that the trains will be semipermanently coupled.

I saw that as well, I think it is based on a German Design and they might not have fitted one yet.    Because it seems to have a large gaping square pocket for it.    We will have to wait and see.   It could also be a design decision to omit between cars.    On the front of the locomotive it looks like the facia swings up or apart where the coupler should be but I do not see a release lever.   I only see the seams.    Could it be the release lever is underneath?

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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, October 3, 2016 9:39 PM

There were several EMD proposals for HST style trainsets proposed that we have discussed in the past, but none garnered orders or came to fruition.

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Posted by gregrudd on Monday, October 3, 2016 9:06 PM

Yes if Amtrak really wanted to have a HST derivative back in the day ,Budd would have been in the box seat to build it. As the XPT passenger cars had to be signed off by Budd, as Comeng used Budd technologies and construction methods under licence.

More to the point I think Amtrak got cold feet on the HST/XPT concept after trialing the LRC which was in a way a competing design against the HST/XPT.

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Posted by gregrudd on Monday, October 3, 2016 8:46 PM

On the XPT the horn is more of a British sound that the traditional North American type.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYP-0l6rTs

 

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Posted by A McIntosh on Monday, October 3, 2016 7:24 PM

Looking at the rear of the locomotive, it appears that there is no american style AAR coupler. I wonder if this means that the trains will be semipermanently coupled.

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Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, October 3, 2016 6:56 PM

Like the large windows and stainless steel of the Austrailian XPT, they need to spend some money on better train horns though......if those horns were used here it might nudge more than a few railfans just over the cusp of insanity.   We wouldn't want that to happen.Big Smile

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Posted by gregrudd on Monday, October 3, 2016 5:55 PM
Let me reiterate, what I was saying to you previously -Rex Mossop
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Posted by RME on Sunday, October 2, 2016 5:44 PM

There's this, too, for the coming late-boomer vibe

 

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, October 2, 2016 4:24 PM

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FWIW, I don't think that either nose looks very good.

All I can think is:

 

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Posted by NorthWest on Sunday, October 2, 2016 3:11 PM

This happened almost a month ago...

FWIW, I don't think that either nose looks very good. I certainly hope that Brightline has a front coupler somewhere in those units...

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First Brightline Locomotive Completed....
Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, October 2, 2016 3:09 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9ZC-jmojM

 Looks like they spent some money on a streamlined nose.    Wonder if Amtrak notices?

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