toc36 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 High speed is coming to Florida. This is a private venture that did not pursue government funding. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2017/01/11/brightline-florida-high-speed-train-unveiling/96450136/ Link to comment
katoftw Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Diesel electric motor units at each end of the consist? Link to comment
bill937ca Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Won't have overhead wires in Hurricane country! 1 Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Diesel electric motor units at each end of the consist? Yes, like the HST. Link to comment
kvp Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 The power of the two locomotives is enough to get the speeds they aim to (even with 7-8 cars) and the symmetric arrangement gets rid of extra axle load and rail wear that would have happened with a single locomotive and cab car arrangement. This two power heads arrangement was also used by the TGVs and the ICE1. Imho this arrangement with the standard trailers would be viable for the texas high speed rail project too as it allows flexible train setups with any number and arrangement of trailer cars, that is harder to achive with fixed emu sets. Link to comment
railsquid Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 During a media tour Wednesday, officials from Brightline and Siemens, the California company that built the cars Yeah, right. Link to comment
nah00 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Looks like the final body construction and assembly was done at the Siemens plant in California but the diesel engines and and bogies were built off-site. Link to comment
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