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When will Amtrak order new Amfleets?

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Posted by schlimm on Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:11 AM

The Viewliner II order should have included coaches, but did not.  Maybe just as well, as they cannot seem to manage the sleepers to to some error in design, such as measurements?  The Brightline design would probably be a good choice.

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Posted by Buslist on Thursday, September 1, 2016 9:34 AM

daveklepper

They seem to be holding up pretty well, so they are not junk.  But I agree that stainless is better, and undoubtadly they would be a more advanced design, possibly having much in common with new Acela-II. 

 

i can only tell you what he called them. Yes they are holding up remarkably well.

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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, September 1, 2016 9:31 AM

They seem to be holding up pretty well, so they are not junk.  But I agree that stainless is better, and undoubtadly they would be a more advanced design, possibly having much in common with new Acela-II. 

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Posted by zkr123 on Thursday, September 1, 2016 9:14 AM

I understand actual Amfleets won't be built but I'm just using the name for conversation purpose.

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Posted by Buslist on Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:42 AM

daveklepper

The most recent Amtrak single-level cars are the Horizon fleet, not Amfleets. so unless the come up with something newer and/or better, it's Horizons, not Amfleets.

 

 

Not necessarily, Tom Hackney, who was VP Mechanical at the time of the Horizon fleet purchase told me that they weren't his preferred choice, but he needed cars, had the money and there were similar cars under production at the time, so a production line was in place. Remember these are based on the the PS cars built for the EL in the 60s and are fairly widely used in commuter service where single level cars are required. Tom called them aluminum commuter junk. He wished he could have purchased Stainless cars but that would have required starting a production line.

If anything new coaches would probably be based on the Viewliner II or the SS Siemens cars being built for Brightline.

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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:14 AM

The most recent Amtrak single-level cars are the Horizon fleet, not Amfleets. so unless the come up with something newer and/or better, it's Horizons, not Amfleets.

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Posted by D.Carleton on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 11:47 PM

"Amfleet" run is done; none have been built since the 1980s. Replacement, single level corridor cars? Someday, after the nextgen bilevels, Viewliner IIs and now Acela IIs are done or concluded.

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When will Amtrak order new Amfleets?
Posted by zkr123 on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 7:53 PM

With the current Amfleets ranging between 20-40 years old, it is time Amtrak order new Amfleets.

Hopeully they workout a deal with someone like Siemens to fulfill the order.

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