So the true dedicated railfan who takes photos on the NEC should have a night vision camera in his equipment set?I'd say "get your cameras ready" but testing will for sure be in darkness.
Such equipment can be had, albeit pricey and with grainy images, since the military restricts civilian sales of the better technology NV gear.
and we are the serfs of his kingdom. seems to me like the ceo in his corporate jet at stockholder expense. what's wrong with a regular sleeping car, joe?
I think AEM-7 ACs will hang around longer than HHP-8s
Capacity? It's not like there's a whole lot of extra sleepers laying around to be used for a few days.
don't know joe's exact dates of travel but checking tomorrow and tuesday, for example, there is sleeper space on both the cl and swc. and i'm sure joe knows "reserve early for the best prices"
The six-axle trucks were the norm on the Great Domes, presumably due to the much increased weight of the huge dome extension. Here's a picture of a blue GN Great Dome: http://www.gn-npjointarchive.org/GNRHSNewby/GNRHS.Newby.Bk4img103.jpg
Why do they need double units to haul a short rake of single-deck cars to Pueblo?
Let's enjoy what we have now. Soon enough, the Heritages, Amfleets, and P42DCs will all disappear from American main lines and those F40PH lovers now are going to be yearning to see an old Genesis again!
Once full production begins, the reported expected delivery rate for the ACS-64 is 2 a month. There are 18 active AEM-7 DCs which is 9 months of production. Amtrak may be looking to first to build up the electric locomotive fleet size by a few units before they start setting the AEM-7 DC units aside. So there is time to rack up some final days of the AEM-7 DCs images. The 29 AEM-7 ACs may outlast the HHP-8s for a while as jis noted.
I would venture to guess that they're going to be bringing 600 and/or 601 back with them when they come back east. If you'll recall when the units made the move from SAC to Pueblo it was two diesels and an NPCU that went with the units. I want to say there's some sort of rule about hauling engines dead and the braking power that the other engines in the consist have to provide with the absence of braking power from the dead engine. So it may not be a horsepower issue so much as its a braking power issue.
You're assuming he's the only one on board that office car?
I assume they took the Viewliner for testing, not for sleeping.
There are already
my question is "what is the need for the whole dog and pony show"? my assumption is that smilin' joe is wasting a lot of amtrak(our) money.
Why don't you send an email to Amtrak Customer Service and ask them?
I'm not so sure it would be a waste of money, it looks like flights from DC to Pueblo, Co are anywhere from $500 to $1000 roundtrip, so if they are sending out a lot of people that would add up. The test track is an hour outside of the town so that is 2 hours per day saved with commuting and rental cars, they can stay and work on the train while they are there so that saves on hotel, and they just hitched a ride on existing routes except for the run down from Denver to the test track, so I would hazard to guess that its really just a small incremental cost for the majority of the journey in extra fuel. I'm sure they were holding meetings and working while they traveled too.
True this!!!!
But in reality it is because one of the locos is being taken to Pueblo to leave it there for use in some of the tests.True this!!!!
