Seems clear enough. “What we really need to do is replace the Acela with new equipment,” Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boardman told a congressional committee today in Washington. “I told our folks they need to get this done by the time I’m 70, and I’ll be 64 next year.”
In Politico, Morning Transportation: Amtrak head Joe Boardman, who will testify at the hearing today, told MT he plans to say that it’s “critical” that speeds be improved on the corridor. “To that end I want to replace the Acela equipment rather than add to it,” he wrote. Boardman plans to talk about a preliminary schedule on that effort, which could help boost train speeds on the popular corridor that includes four of the country’s 10 largest metro areas. The T&I briefing memo has more: http://1.usa.gov/VWOqWS
C&NW, CA&E, MILW, CGW and IC fan
How much Acela equipment will go to which museums?
I am skeptical of the Bloomberg report since I was only able to read the 1st 9 pages of Boardman's testimony . Now Bloomberg may have gotten an advance copy of Boardman's testimony. His1st 9 pages did not mention these replacements. I would assume that the new train sets would supplement and not replace the present. Once the rest of Boardman's testimony is released then we can make more informed conclusions. Here is a link to the first 9 pages.
http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/823/289/Amtrak-CEO-Boardman-House-T&I-testimony-Dec-13-2012.pdf
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-13/amtrak-plans-to-replace-all-high-speed-acela-trains.html
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