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But now they are just constantly coming up with revisions and things to try and push amtrak mechanical away from actually working on the locomotives. My previous job there has since been eliminated by such. Amen to that. We spend way more then necessary trying diagnose an air issue or electrical pr...

627 the track wreck is wrapped in Wilmington for spares. Totaled, to be scrapped. The 601 is on a flat car in bear it is literally missing everything, including the trucks. SIemens is terrible with spare parts of the larger size. Both units are completely worthless. The 3rd unit is one of the side s...

The ACS 64s are nearing a million miles on the oldest units. I highly doubt Brightline comes close to that. There is also other factors, track condition (destroying truck components), Multiple seasons and various weather conditions. Florida is hot and damp. They havent had the issues with snow and e...

I ask again, Is brightline getting techs who actually know the gear, and amtrak getting contractors who had training classes? I think to others' points, Brightline never had another locomotive. Their techs and mechanics have only ever worked on SC-44s (at least, for Brightline). Amtrak has a little...

Amtraks techs arent the ones who are screwing stuff up. Its Siemens. Siemens will change some nonsense on the software. The siemens people work as contractors for amtrak, but its def siemens people.

The siemens are not good. The railroads are not buying them because they are good. They are buying them because out of the other "passenger offerings" its the only one that lived up to the expectations they provided. The main one being 125mph capable. All other offerings are unable to exce...

You have to remember we're comparing ACS-44's and ACS-40's with SC-44's in commuter service -- aka what Amtrak's running VS what MARC/BrightLine/etc are running. It's a different spec... and I bet the Siemens engineers on hand at Amtrak are saying "WTF is this crap? This isn't the SC-44 I'm tr...

Brightline isnt having these issues, that we know of. They run all of their trains with two locos. No idea what their service contract is.

The other day a michigan line train had all 4 markers stuck on. No matter what position the switch was in. These things are plain STUPID.

The bottoms are straight where it matters most likely its the panels on the side caving in some. its nothing thats affecting their operation. I am sure if the main lower section was sagging we would have taken them all out a long time ago.

CSRR573 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:09 pm I dont know where your from, but all the ones that come through Boston sag in the middle, some worse then others. And I agree about the Siemens junk, I hate working on those things

Nobodys going to make a P42 with the lightweight carbody it has, into a DPU. The P42s are useless. The only thing they are good for is spare parts to keep smaller railroads Dash 8 and 9 locomotives functioning. Especially seeing as all the bodies are severely rotted out. Look down along the side of...

Nobodys going to make a P42 with the lightweight carbody it has, into a DPU. The P42s are useless. The only thing they are good for is spare parts to keep smaller railroads Dash 8 and 9 locomotives functioning.

No part of the extension is in a median, its along side a highway and it required massive construction to grade separate the system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyhZqTmWTsw

Where has brightline been allowed to use a media? The railroad has constant opposition from people down there. A lot of the current run is on existing right of way. The new connection between orlando and the coast is the only new construction, so far. And yes, i do agree on the parking situation at ...

Florida and being friendly to railroads are two things that dont belong in the same sentence