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The New Amtrak Acela II Avelia Liberty Train Test Run

The new Amtrak Avelia Liberty / Acela II passenger train runs a southbound test run through Halethorpe Station in Baltimore County, Maryland. Also seen is a rare catch of an Amtrak diesel GE P42DC Genesis on the electrified Northeast Corridor. 7 19 20 From Wiki: "Avelia Liberty is a high-speed passenger train built by French manufacturer Alstom. It is related to the Avelia Horizon and New Pendolino family of high-speed trains, but adapted for North American railroad standards, including U.S. Federal Railroad Administration crashworthiness standards. Amtrak has ordered 28 trainsets for use on its flagship Acela Express service along the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. via New York City and Philadelphia. Amtrak says that compared to the prior generation, these trainsets would allow for improved frequency and greater capacity on the Acela Express service. As of June 2020 two of the trainsets were undergoing testing and construction of the other trainsets was ongoing. The first trainset is expected to enter revenue service in 2021, with all trainsets in service by 2022. In August 2016, Amtrak announced a $2.4 billion loan from the United States Department of Transportation for the purchase of new high-speed trainsets for the Acela Express service from Alstom. Alstom will also provide long-term technical support and supply spare components and parts.[2] These next generation trainsets would replace the 20 existing Bombardier-Alstom trainsets that were nearing the end of their useful service life. Amtrak said that the Avelia Liberty trainsets would allow for improved frequency and greater capacity on the Acela Express service. The 28 trainsets ordered (compared to the 20 older trainsets) would allow for more frequent service on the route, including half-hourly peak service between New York City and Washington, D.C. Each new trainset will also have 386 seats (25% more than the current Acela Express trainsets) allowing for greater passenger capacity. U.S. assembly of the trainsets is taking place at Alstom's plants in Hornell and Rochester, New York. Initial construction of car bodies and major components began at Hornell in October 2017. The first trainset was sent to the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) in Pueblo, Colorado in February 2020 for testing on the high-speed test track. During the nine months of expected trials, the trainsets were tested at speeds up to 165 mph (266 km/h). A second trainset was delivered in March 2020 to Amtrak for testing along the service tracks in the Northeast which began in May 2020. The first trainset is expected to enter revenue service in 2021, with all trainsets in service by 2022, at which point Amtrak will retire the previous Acela fleet. Each Avelia Liberty trainset has power cars at each end of the train, and (initially) nine articulated passenger cars. An additional three passenger cars can be added if demand grows. The power cars include a Crash Energy Management system to help meet FRA standards while allowing a 30% reduction in train weight. These trains will also have USB ports, power sockets, WiFi, accessibility features, and other conveniences. The trainsets will be equipped with an active tilt system, dubbed Tiltronix by Alstom, that will allow higher speeds on curved portions of the corridor track." The new trainsets, along with track and signaling improvements, will allow for an initial improvement in maximum regular service speed to 160 mph (260 km/h) on some portions of the route, with a maximum possible speed of 186 mph (299 km/h)[17] if future investments in track and signaling upgrades are made.[4] The trains themselves are designed for a speed of 220 mph (350 km/h) if the tilting mechanism is deactivated.