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  1. jrud

    Ontario Northland service to return

    I was just noting that Siemens said they weren’t options on the VIA Rail order. Ontario Northern is a new customer. As has been suggested, buying essentially the same car design as VIA probably helped considerably with cost and schedule. These cost/schedule considerations are probably the answer...
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    Ontario Northland service to return

    The Siemens Mobility Facebook page includes a discussion of this order and is where I got my information on it being standalone from VIA. They also say the new Chargers will be the “SCV-42“ model like VIA. I was unsuccessful in trying to post a link. Sorry. BTW. I have read that even though it...
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    Ontario Northland service to return

    I initially thought that to, but Siemens Mobility said it is completely independent of VIA Rail order.
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    Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2012-2024)

    Also, another California FLIRT discussion here: https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/amtrak-california-equipment.83320/#post-979022
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    Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2012-2024)

    There is a discussion of the California FLIRTs here: https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/stadler-flirt-hydrogen-mus-for-amtrak-california.83234/ And here: https://www.stadlerrail.com/media/pdf/2022_0920_media%20release%20mouflirth2_en.pdf Please note that FLIRTs are single level. Stadler...
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    I don’t know if this was mentioned elsewhere, but the German language presentation I discussed earlier appears to show top speeds for various electric versions on a graph. Too my best ability to read the graph: - Electric only - catenary =124 mph - Electric only - 3rd rail = 79 mph - Electric...
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    Just to add a few details. A Charger ALC-42E can be attached directly to a special coach with a pantograph and traction motors (an Auxiliary Power Vehicle - APV). When operating under catenary on electric power only, traction motors on the APV are working in addition to the traction motors on...
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    This proposal was unusual as rather than a hydrogen fuel cell multiple unit, like most of the existing trains I can think of in Europe and Japan, it looked like a Charger locomotive.
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    I was skimming the later sections of the presentation and noticed a few zero emission proposals. These included fairly well defined catenary/battery and 3rd rail/battery Chargers plus a more vaguely defined hydrogen fuel cell locomotive.
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    I hope you enjoy it. The simplified electrical diagrams for the three versions are (thankfully) in English. It has been 5 decades plus since I studied German. So, any English is appreciated. The diagrams show a standardized “DC Link Connection” with the core diesel-electric equipment on one...
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    I’m sorry that this is complex, but I’m not going to play around with access to copyright presentations. At Conference Modern Rolling stock there is a report from Austria earlier this year. There is a Zip file of all the presentations in PDF form. One of the presentations (18-Latour) is...
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    Airo - Amfleet I replacement Siemens Inter City Trainsets (ICT)

    Is anyone else seeing information that the batteries will take up more of the car than the pantograph? I’ve seen an unofficial drawing with batteries taking the whole car. Plus speculation that batteries will require additional length. I’ve also not seen anything indicating the battery car will...
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    Airo - Amfleet I replacement Siemens Inter City Trainsets (ICT)

    Sorry, but please clarify. The APV/Bus car sits right behind the locomotive (ALC-42E) and has a pantograph. There is no reason I can think of for the APV/Bus to have fuel Is there anything on page eight of this presentation that helps...
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E)

    Some nice still photos of Charger AMTK 309 in Phase VII from Amtrak Media. Note that one page incorrectly says Phase VI. https://media.amtrak.com/2022/04/amtrak-unveils-new-look-on-national-network-locomotives/...
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    Airo - Amfleet I replacement Siemens Inter City Trainsets (ICT)

    The following discussion is based on a few solid sources, but runs contrary to some widely reported concepts. If you read the NGEC 2022 Annual Meeting presentation on the trainsets, this appears to agree with what they are saying. The APV/Bus. car is different than the battery car. The APV/Bus...
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