NEW AVELIA LIBERTY TEST TRAINS AND 50TH AMTRAK UNIT - Railfanning the MBTA and Amtrak!

[@TohaBgood2]

Avelia Liberty at 2:57

[@alecsc]

Great catches. I can't get over the fact that the MBTA has been running diesel locomotives under catenary for almost 24 years on the Providence line. Let's hope that changes soon

[@ThirdRailProductions]

mabye mbta will buy out amtraks old acelas

[@nolantherailfan5048]

@@ThirdRailProductionsI think the MBTA should buy kawasaki M8's instead

[@jackchen7003]

Doubt it will. The MBTA is full of shit and can’t even operate their subways without having accidents

[@mrvwbug4423]

@@nolantherailfan5048 Could also get Hyundai Silverliner Vs like SEPTA and RTD have. Though a M8 without dual mode would probably be a little cheaper than the MNRR and CTRail M8s. Can't speak for SEPTA, but I can attest first hand that RTD's Silverliners are really nice.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@ThirdRailProductions The old Acelas are not suitable as commuter trains, they don't have fast acceleration and they have too few doors. And anyway they're being retired because they're not economical to run anymore. M8s would be a good fit for MBTA, or Exo's surplus ALP-45DP bimode locomotives, or the ACS-64s that Amtrak plans to sell in a few years when they get the new dual-mode Chargers for the NEC

[@himbourbanist]

I will never cease to be impressed at just how damn fast the Siemens ACS-64 can go with a consist of nearly 60 year old Amfleets. So cool

[@atomsmash100]

They've had a good, long life, but I still love seeing the Amfleet cars at full speed.

[@SoCalHighIron]

Great video! I'm so excited to see more of the Avelia Liberty trains speeding up and down the NEC. 😃

[@ThirdRailProductions]

Me too! I hope it goes into service soon.

[@SoCalHighIron]

@ThirdRailProductions Same! I feel like it will help a lot with modernizing Amtrak's public image.

[@jkimnach8701]

That horn is god awlful on the new Acela . Hope they continue to get pushed nav for operations

[@mrvwbug4423]

Wow, they actually kept the TGV horn on the Avelia Liberty, a 2 tone horn is practically unheard of in the US. Maybe the Velaros of Brightline West and CAHSR will get the same horn as the ICE trains, that one is extremely distinctive.

[@yumenekotrain]

駅を高速で通過する列車が素敵。 チャンネル登録をしました。😺

[@Ven100]

As much fun that's been made of the new Acela, I do wish for it to start service. It'll be great for Amtrak to finally retire those old units and get new, updated equipment to the masses. That said, I want Siemens Velaros for Brightline West and CAHSR. 🙂

[@GintaPPE1000]

Given the appalling reliability record of the Charger and Venture in American service (as well as Siemens product support utterly bungling the ACS-64 software), Brightline West and CAHSR would be better off buying Avelias that are known to have the kinks worked out of them. And that don't give up the second snow hits the ground: literally every single Charger and Venture set based out of Chicago was down yesterday.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@GintaPPE1000 Lol, this foamer meme again! When are you all going to show any proof whatsoever for that "appalling reliability record"? Any year now?

[@Ven100]

@@GintaPPE1000 You do understand the footprint of the Siemens Velaro and how it operates in at least 9 countries right? You would take an Avelia right now over say an ICE 3neo? 😏

[@mrvwbug4423]

@@Ven100 yeah the Velaro is probably the most popular HST in the world right now, It's been continuously updated and upgraded for years. The Avelia's are Alstom having to learn to TGV again as they haven't built a new TGV since the 200 series which were built late 90s/early00s and I've heard even the SNCF Avelia Horizons have been having similar teething pains to the libertys. As for the Charger memes, the numbers don't support it, service availability on the Charger has been much better than the P42s for a couple years already, and failures on them are usually minor vs P42 starting to have major failures on a fairly regular basis, I remember seeing the video of the P42 blowing a turbine seal last year and hosing down the entire Coast Starlight with hot engine oil.

[@WildWildWeasel]

​@@GintaPPE1000Stadler FLIRTs would be better for that imo, plus they're already capable of going well over 120mph out of the box.

[@WildWildWeasel]

Those have been testing for longer than the chargers lmao

[@dmrr7739]

I can’t wait for them to put the Avelia units into service and install the real horns.

[@BigMeechEJ25]

At first I didn't like them but they are starting to grow on me. Love that horn usage though. @2:57

[@MrTherende]

I wish you would say which stations you filmed from. Obviously, some South Station, Downtown Crossing and Sullivan Square action.

[@ThirdRailProductions]

This is Canton Junction

[@ThirdRailProductions]

or the first clips of the video are.

[@MrTherende]

@@ThirdRailProductions I see a little North Station too (~ 10:35). I wonder if my son was working on any of those trains (he's an assistant conductor).

[@Hahlen]

The Avalia Liberty horns are so fun

[@homagetogreathistoricalsin9711]

Cool, I hope they are put into service. The original Acela is falling apart.

[@leecornwell5632]

So far the older Acela Amtrak trains are definitely holding it down I tell you that right now. From what I just read they are definitely gonna keep 20 or 18 older Acelas Amtrak trains around. The rest of them is definitely gonna be use for parts.

[@steve-o5600]

I wonder why the postage stamp size windshield on the Avelia power? Seems unsafe.

[@MrPedroramos8911]

MBTA has some strange consist 😮

[@F40-RULES]

How did you know the avelia was running?

[@ThirdRailProductions]

Friend of a friend told me

[@Oat_meal_YT]

They are test running again?

[@ThirdRailProductions]

yep!

[@rastaman5105]

Where are the electric trains ?? ,

[@LiamAnim8s]

My favorite is the ooglie booglie 🥺

[@planereviewer200]

Were was this

[@ThirdRailProductions]

Canton Junction

[@planereviewer200]

@@ThirdRailProductions thanks

[@normanriggs848]

How long are they going to test this train? It must be a real pile of crap if they still can't get it safely on line!! Either that or the infrastructure can't handle it. If that is true they should have figired that out before they spent all this money on a new train!

[@wietzebraem]

why all the show with that phone call when the train arrives, right once, but not all the time, the train driver from America will no longer be allowed to train in Europe how they do that here without that show

[@carlsmith5545]

To slow... hats off to you China and Japan and Europe!!!

[@JermaniBurroughs]

160 is not slow. HSR trains in Europe Average Below 150 on Conventional tracks

[@carlsmith5545]

Are you sure about that? In Europe they have the Eurostar. The Eurostar travels at speeds of up to 300 km or 186 mph and covers the distance between London and France in 3 hours. Also, the Deutsche Ban ICE. This train runs in Germany at speeds of 350 kilometers per hour or 217.48 mph. Also the SNCF TGV operates in France at speeds of 320 kilometers per hour or 198 to 199 mph. Also the TGV (train a Grande Vitesse) is France's flagship highspeed train service is most popular routes from Bordeaux to Paris. This train is the fastest of highspeed lines in Europe, with record speeds of 515 kilometers or (320 mph). A new extension has been added to TGV lines for June 2001. The fastest train on all of planet earth goes to, not Amtrak of the so called mighty United States of America but, to The far more advanced countries of the far east. In Japan, the fastest speeds ever reached by train, the honour of fastest trains on earth goes to the LO series SCMAGLEV in Japan. On its test track, this maglev super train reached speeds of 603 kilometers per hour or 375 mph this incredible achievement means it can travel at double the speeds of the regular Shinkansen speeds. The cho Shinkansen is under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya and then Osaka. When completed, iam going to travel to Japan to experience this technological modern marvel of engineering and transportation achievement. Again!!! Amtrak is slow. It travels at speeds of up to 160 miles per hour but only for a very short distance. So again hats off to you China and Japan and Europe. Highspeed bullet trains and maglev super train technology, the new american dream.....

[@JermaniBurroughs]

@@carlsmith5545 Those run on Dedicated Track. & I’m talking about Conventional Rail. & In 4 - 10 years we’ll get a Dedicated 220 Mph/350 Kmh train in California. With the track speed of 240 Mph/386 Kmh

[@carlsmith5545]

@@JermaniBurroughs Yes im following the California highspeed rail project. I give a hats off to California for being the first state in the entire United States to finally wake up and stand up to embark on this great endeavor. This will be a great achievement..?

[@carlsmith5545]

@@JermaniBurroughs But you have to remember that lines dedicated to bullet train technology is something that will be reached by the California highspeed rail project in the years down the road. But infact, truthfully this is technology the socalled mighty United States of America should of had decades ago. What a shame how the americans demonstrate an ignorance to any kind of advancements except for the advancements that benefits absolutely no one. Like going to mars. The United States of America wants to spend 600 billion dollars or more to put some fool on mars which would benefit absolutely no one except for the fool going there. I rather spend 500 billion dollars to build a highspeed bullet line from Boston Massachusetts to Jacksonville Florida stopping in one city in each state it travels through. With this, you could move millions of americans up and down the entire United States Eastern seaboard with great comfort and at speeds of up to 200 to 225 mph and not a ripple on your martinis. This would benefit everyone.....

[@homagetogreathistoricalsin9711]

Cool, I hope they are put into service. The original Acela is falling apart.

[@TrainStreet]

They’re delayed until 2025 lol

[@elizabethbobbio2601]

They're delayed till 2025

[@homagetogreathistoricalsin9711]

4 years and counting behind schedule

[@timothystamm3200]

​@elizabethbobbio2601 source because they haven't been delayed until then officially yet, and they have what they need now to finish testing. They should be fine for the end of year.

[@elizabethbobbio2601]

@@timothystamm3200 does it? Cuz I don't want this happened just like the R211s did