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jmowreader

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10. I REALLY can't figure out Siemens

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:16 PM

Sep 2024

Amtrak uses the Siemens ACS-64 locomotive in the Northeast Corridor, which is all the trackage between Washington and Boston. They make it in California and get it to the East Coast by hooking the new locomotives to the end of the eastbound California Zephyr.

Why in Cthulhu’s Name would you build a train for California in New York when the company that makes it has a factory in California?

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New York site chosen for factory to build high-speed trains for Las Vegas-California line [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 OP

The US has some serious catching up to do in public transportation groundloop Sep 2024 #1

I was lucky enough to travel in Europe in the '80s and 90s. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #2

Unfortunately few here in the U.S. BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #3

YUP! Lemon Lyman Sep 2024 #4

Excellent news...American Made. Tikki Sep 2024 #5

Why... ultralite001 Sep 2024 #6

"Why...isn't this train being manufactured closer to where it is going to be put in service???" BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #7

First, the onetime cost of transporting the trains by train is miniscule as compared to the cost of designing and Wonder Why Sep 2024 #8

Although the 15 corridor from Las Vegas to San Bernardino is horrendous travelingthrulife Sep 2024 #9

I REALLY can't figure out Siemens jmowreader Sep 2024 #10

Apparently one is a subsidiary of the other BumRushDaShow Sep 2024 #11