60% of the comments are people saying the train is slower than theirs 20% are compliments to the train 10% people trying to explain to Europeans why it's slow or why it doesn't need to travel at 300 km. 10% have nothing to do with the train at all...
few peole ride trains in usa the only time i get into a train is when i visit europe we do not need trains we live in houses with a surrounding grass yard china and japan live in tiny houses surrounded by rice paddies european ride bicycles and ride subways and mostly live in apartments plus have horrible winters i live on my sailboat and dive for lobsters who lives better. i never go under the earth and ride trains to work screw trains and european socialism
America's rail system gets a lot of flak, most of it deserved. But the Acela Express is actually fantastic for what it does. It's one of Amtrak's most popular services, runs at a great profit and passenger load numbers, and gives domestic airlines on the East coast a serious run for their money. It's a shame that the line hasn't been completely overhauled and upgraded, since the Northeast Corridor is perfectly suited for High Speed Rail operations: many cities with large populations within hours of each other.
That Acela is sure one hell of a Trainset Man! Its got style, class, beauty, speed, and what not! Can't even imagine anybody calling this Train bad! Greetings from India!
Sadly the tracks are bad. This train could go so much faster if the US had build high-speed rail. But the US finds it more important to waste money in to war...
*_FINALLY_* , a video that just basks in the glory and power of the accomplishment that is Acela, and is not putting it down for not being as fast as Shinkansen/TGV/Eurostar/whatever, or for not having super amazing food/drink options (as if food and drink onboard a train be amazing is _everything_ 🙄) or for not having the completely latest state-of-the-art seating-just a few minutes of seeing this train, this American accomplishment, go through its daily paces! Great work, CoasterFan2105!
I'm the Conductor of the noon Acela from Boston. When we reach the straight track south of Sharon Hill and make to the maximum speed of 240km, it's still very intense, even after 15 years.
Why's everyone complaining that Amtrak are "only" doing 150mph? In the UK, our trains never usually go over 125mph, and even on our only high speed line are still limited to 140mph. I can think of many other countries around the world with far slower trains.
+The Angry General Acela uses TGV technology yes, but I think they also use Siemens German technology and Bombardier/Alstom who manufactured the French TGV trains. However, though they are not the same models as used in France, they contain significant portions of TGV technology and engineering.
you see, when you are watching a train video, its not even half as powerful as the real thing, so when you are watching oe of these videos, just keep that in mind, and also bring to heart that these people spend about 30 minutes just to wait for about 3-5 seconds of pure amazement, and they wont get that for another while, and it takes at least a few days to get a good solid 5 minute video. So give respect for these people
Thank you! I respect you. I honestly am Not a Fan of Japan because they can kinda rude to Our trains and It always makes me so sad:( but I’m happy that you are not making fun of our trains! From America
Amazing to think of all the physics involved in this. "Just a flange on a wheel" doesn't quite do it justice........all the forces and physical laws being funneled into a very futuristic conveyance. Nice.
I know that the Acela Express can reach “only” 240 km/h. But I really like it’s design, and don’t forget that it runs on normal railway. Greetings from Salerno.
1:34 for a solid 5 seconds, i thought that was a MARC I dont know why the hell do people constantly complain about Acela. it makes no sense. the line it runs on has a lot of sharp turns, what the hell would you expect? The US has a lot of space between its cities, as such it is more efficient to use aircraft or a vehicle that does not require so much infrastructure. European nations are small, so planes would be out of the question. Same goes for many asian nations. Population density is high, and as a result, trains are most efficient. but in sparsely populated nations, like Canada or the US, trains arent as efficient. The reason we dont have high speed travel in other states is that the rail lines that exist out there are owned by private freight lines. High speed rail would not benefit them, so they wont upgrade the tracks. They do what they want witthe tracks, Amtrak just has to go with it. Take this into consideration next time you watch a video of US rail lines.
I have seen a few of the Acela High Speed trains in 2012 when I was train watching in Perryville, MD, it went at 150 MPH, when I rode on the Crescent from New Orleans,LA to Wilmington, DE on 9/19-20/2012 when I was traveling from Loser City Tucson,AZ to attend my 40 year High School class reunion, the Crescent went 130 MPH to 150 MPH between Baltimore & Wilmington,DE.
@@FredrickTheMoose2007 It's not, because the train tracks aren't made for highspeed. It looks more like a how we call it in Europe "normal" or a "classic" train track instead of a real highspeed track. Take a look at the SFS Koln - Frankfurt for example if you want to see how a real highspeed line looks like.
Priorities. And to be fair, HSR would make sense in some parts of the US only. California would be very difficult to built due to the tectonic movements. But the East Coast could surely do with a dedicated HSR network. It's not like America doesn't have the engineers or the money to built it. It lacks political support.
Hi from France to America ! Even if that train is not so fast than our TGV, i consider it as a fast train compared to previous american trains. Travels are now shorter than before and are less expensive than plane, and connect town center between them. In the future, your trains will be even faster than nowadays. USA go !
0:12 This has to have been your most insane catch yet. I bet all the people onboard the coaster train were very happy to see a steam locomotive chuffing right past them. (Of course I’ve seen the actual clip and not the intro but it’s impressive)
Well I thought it got along at a pretty respectable pace. All things relative. I live in Australia, large area with many State Governments much like the U.S. Very difficult to get a national approach to a high speed rail network to cover such vast distances. European countries, Japan and the UK isles are much smaller areas and therefor much easier to achieve what we long to have. Still, we do well with what we have :) Cheers.
I used to live about 1/2 mile where the Acela shot by at around 110mph. It's impressive, for American standards. The distance from Providence RI to Boston MA is short enough to where it does not reach a top speed of 150mph.
They badly need to expand Acela lines to nationwide services. Or at least between certain cities. Like I’d love to have a Midwest corridor. Milwaukee, Chicago, St.Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, and finally Pittsburgh with connecting lines through Pennsylvania and New York to the north east corridor. Definitely encourage more travel between cities on day trips or smaller trips.
+Vaas Montenegro The Acela is just as fast as most high speed express trains in Europe, its top speed is 150mph, which is 241kph. Soon the speed limit will be raised to 165mph, or 265kph. Yes there are quite a few trains in Europe and Aisa that are faster, but the majority are the same speed as this. And it isn't really that much slower than the latest and greatest high speed trains that aren't a maglev. I think they travel at about 320kph/198mph. Its only a 35mph difference, and it gets the job done. That's the thing, everyone wants the US to build a "real" high speed train, but what it has does the job fine.
+Vaas Montenegro It still gets the job done. DC to Boston in 7 hour. Beets dealing with road traffic and trying to stay awake for 12 hours behind the wheel.
Mike - Another fine video. I've seen other videos of the Acela with even with one or two produced by Amtrak. It wasn't until I saw this one of yours that I really noticed Acela's unique sound as it sprints by. Thanks for posting it. Art
The fact that this train is shorter than more common European or Japanese models (TGV, ICE, Shinkansen, anyone?) doesn't make it look faster. But the Acela is very slow anyway. I hope that someday the United States will develeop better infrastructure than it has now. I am from the Netherlands myself, and I absolutely love trains. Seeing them arrive on their stations, depart with grace and rush through the countryside at their top speeds is truly amazing to watch. It just shows that trains simply do not belong in museums. They belong on the tracks, where they perform their duties. However, as we all know, the United States has a poorly maintained infrastructure when it comes to their tracks and trains. Amtrak owns only a very small portion of all the track it operates on, meaning the owners of the non-Amtrak rails will naturally lend the priorities to their freight trains. Whenever there is a freight train approaching, Amtrak train operators are told to park their trains in sidings, while the 2-kilometer long freight train passes by at the slowest possible speed. Normally, these non-Amtrak tracks are not powered by overhead electricity either, which means they are forced to utilize diesel engines for their passenger trains on those tracks, just like the freight companies that actually own the track. For this reason, high-speed rail travel across the US, even by diesel trains, is impossible on the track they do not own. The reason why the Acela is so slow on the Amtrak-owned track is because the track isn't upgraded. However, they are working on gradually upgrading the track they do own, which would eventually result in the trains being able to run at their top speeds. Avelia Liberty will have to wait, because upgrading the tracks is the first step to take. Without this crucial step, even the new Avelia Liberty would still only be chugging along at less than 125 miles per hour, just like the Acela Express. They could go faster on European tracks, but they don't, since the track is poorly maintained. How badly I wish the United States would be getting a good network of trains across the entire country... (Sorry if my English was bad) -Jack
Jack DvR we need to straighten the line more, the bends and turns keeps them slow. But since that would mean taking property from people, it would be much more complicated. I wish it was easy to do this, but since amtrak is govt owned, anything for it to upgrade would have to be fought over in the senate
150mph is actually damn impressive for hundreds of year old lines travelling on some of the busiest corridors in the world with mixes of commuter, freight, and Acela, and without their own dedicated right of way. That being said Acela ordered new Alstom Aveila Liberty trains that starting in 2021 will lean into turns and are going to be able to go 220mph on these same old congested lines.
220 mph? That would be 350 on old tracks. I don't have to tell you how hazardous this is, do I? HSR needs a fixed underground made from concrete slaps. It should run on dedicated tracks to avoid collisions. It needs a new type of signalling because older light - based signals are not cutting it for HSR. They need special electric cables and they need more space between the tracks and in tunnels. It would be ludicrous to think that you will be able to ride 220 mph on the same old network.
I was planning on filming at North Elizabeth on the NEC today, which would've been the first time I'd ever seen an Acela in person. Unfortunately, my father and I didn't have time-if we'd gone, we'd have only been able to stay for about 20 minutes. Another day...
@@julianb7990 The old ones do tilt. It's just that only the passenger carriages tilt. The driving units at each end don't tilt. Was wondering why this is. Surely it would make the driver uncomfortable when cornering lol
@@10reubenlhaving a tilting powercar would cost a lot more to manufacture, since the pantograph would lose contact when tilting. there would need to be a whole separate system just for the pantograph to function correctly. there’s just no good reason to do all of that. the ride quality in the powercar already sucks anyways.
60% of the comments are people saying the train is slower than theirs
20% are compliments to the train
10% people trying to explain to Europeans why it's slow or why it doesn't need to travel at 300 km.
10% have nothing to do with the train at all...
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99.6% on how slow it is
0.2% Telling why train is slow
0.1% Tilting MBTA F40PH
0.1% Telling about german and USA trains.
Lol
few peole ride trains in usa the only time i get into a train is when i visit europe we do not need trains
we live in houses with a surrounding grass yard china and japan live in tiny houses surrounded by rice paddies european ride bicycles and ride subways and mostly live in apartments plus have horrible winters i live on my sailboat and dive for lobsters who lives better. i never go under the earth and ride trains to work screw trains and
european socialism
Don't get nervous.
Only on the high speed lines trains can go 300 km/h
The rest of the lines go much slower.
@@kennethwilliams1563
Please be so kind to explain what the relation is between trains and socialism?
America's rail system gets a lot of flak, most of it deserved. But the Acela Express is actually fantastic for what it does. It's one of Amtrak's most popular services, runs at a great profit and passenger load numbers, and gives domestic airlines on the East coast a serious run for their money. It's a shame that the line hasn't been completely overhauled and upgraded, since the Northeast Corridor is perfectly suited for High Speed Rail operations: many cities with large populations within hours of each other.
5Oblivion it’s impressive the Acela even gets this fast with no dedicated rails for it.
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That Acela is sure one hell of a Trainset Man! Its got style, class, beauty, speed, and what not! Can't even imagine anybody calling this Train bad! Greetings from India!
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Sadly the tracks are bad. This train could go so much faster if the US had build high-speed rail. But the US finds it more important to waste money in to war...
@@blauwgeel2743 you mean cars
*_FINALLY_* , a video that just basks in the glory and power of the accomplishment that is Acela, and is not putting it down for not being as fast as Shinkansen/TGV/Eurostar/whatever, or for not having super amazing food/drink options (as if food and drink onboard a train be amazing is _everything_ 🙄) or for not having the completely latest state-of-the-art seating-just a few minutes of seeing this train, this American accomplishment, go through its daily paces! Great work, CoasterFan2105!
The only thing it needs now is a dedicated high speed rail line, so that it doesn't get stuck behind slower trains.
I'm the Conductor of the noon Acela from Boston. When we reach the straight track south of Sharon Hill and make to the maximum speed of 240km, it's still very intense, even after 15 years.
David Bowe .This speed was i Germany in the year 1970.
there we go Dave put us on the map brother we know where the party is bring it on brotha
David Bowe Right now living in the United States but before in Germany the ICE could easily reach speed of 300km/h or 220mph pretty nice
Fist trains in England are faster than this
@James BowlesIf HSTs are accident prone, then explain the accident records on Eurostar and TGV.
Why's everyone complaining that Amtrak are "only" doing 150mph? In the UK, our trains never usually go over 125mph, and even on our only high speed line are still limited to 140mph.
I can think of many other countries around the world with far slower trains.
You forget HS1 made for Eurostar and also used by "local" high speed trains. 300 km/h top speed.
Joseph M actually on HS1 Eurostar goes 186
The estimated speeds on HS2 are around 220
Joseph M usually the complainers are French and German who are spoiled with 180mph trains
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Lewis Trains the Acelas top speed is 170
Best Acela compilation....Greetings from India.
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What greeting ,,
This horn at 4:30 is just absolutely beautiful 😍 I dunno if it's in an older video but I love it
I think that it was a steam whistle
It almost made me cry because it was just beautiful
But now that I think of it. I think it’s a Nathan p5. I may be terribly wrong
As a guy from india.. I am impressed by american acela express ... hats off
It's the closest thing to feeling like you're travelling by train in Europe, while still being in the U.S.
+Ben Schaeffer Was this train made in europe, its a TGV isnt it???
+The Angry General no
+dennis trident william yes
+The Angry General Acela uses TGV technology yes, but I think they also use Siemens German technology and Bombardier/Alstom who manufactured the French TGV trains. However, though they are not the same models as used in France, they contain significant portions of TGV technology and engineering.
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Excellent shots of Attleboro (150MPH), Hyde Park (120MPH), and Canton Junction (125MPH). =)
That intro gave me goosebumps! Great video!
I'm from Switzerland and I really like how the American trains look like. Very impressive!
Trains in Switzerland are the best!! I have traveled to Switzerland many times and it's amazing to travel through the Swiss Alps by train!
you see, when you are watching a train video, its not even half as powerful as the real thing, so when you are watching oe of these videos, just keep that in mind, and also bring to heart that these people spend about 30 minutes just to wait for about 3-5 seconds of pure amazement, and they wont get that for another while, and it takes at least a few days to get a good solid 5 minute video. So give respect for these people
I love Acela Express! from Japan.
Finally, Someone Who Does Not Laugh At The Acela! Greetings From USA NYC
Thank you! I respect you. I honestly am Not a Fan of Japan because they can kinda rude to Our trains and It always makes me so sad:( but I’m happy that you are not making fun of our trains! From America
九州ゲートウェイ / Kyushu gateway
Thanks man, you guys definitely have better trains than us ;)
Man we need to keep up , From Canada
i love the Shinkansen. hopefully will get to see one in person one day
Amazing to think of all the physics involved in this. "Just a flange on a wheel" doesn't quite do it justice........all the forces and physical laws being funneled into a very futuristic conveyance. Nice.
1:28 F40PH: ugh these cars are so heavy. 1:46 Acela: BITCH GOML.
W xD
Wolfox Quick question: what does GOML mean?
U.S.S.Rball •it means get on my level
FLL aviation central Oh, ok.
why make fun of something highly advanced ? laugh all you want but guess what? it's going to bite you right back
I know that the Acela Express can reach “only” 240 km/h. But I really like it’s design, and don’t forget that it runs on normal railway. Greetings from Salerno.
great footages !!!! your fast train look like our french TGV !!!! thanks for sharing !
+Francois Gauthier And thank you for watching!
1:34 for a solid 5 seconds, i thought that was a MARC
I dont know why the hell do people constantly complain about Acela. it makes no sense. the line it runs on has a lot of sharp turns, what the hell would you expect? The US has a lot of space between its cities, as such it is more efficient to use aircraft or a vehicle that does not require so much infrastructure. European nations are small, so planes would be out of the question. Same goes for many asian nations. Population density is high, and as a result, trains are most efficient. but in sparsely populated nations, like Canada or the US, trains arent as efficient. The reason we dont have high speed travel in other states is that the rail lines that exist out there are owned by private freight lines. High speed rail would not benefit them, so they wont upgrade the tracks. They do what they want witthe tracks, Amtrak just has to go with it. Take this into consideration next time you watch a video of US rail lines.
Japan will help America with high speed rail
89 dislikes - airline executives.
TRRY110 we have our via rail 👌
.... and very egotistical europeans
TRRY110
superROTV you're so damn right, greetings from Germany
And Europeans
Great Content i have been subscribed for years he should already have 100m but he is close to 1M
great video, this train has a very nice look! maybe better than our high speed trains here in Italy.. I love it
super cool my brother❤❤, greetings from Indonesia🚂🚂, always be healthy🙏🙏🥰🥰
It's like the french TGV with the old good US train horn sound, great to see !
It looks like because it is build by the same companies : Alstom, Bombardier
I have seen a few of the Acela High Speed trains in 2012 when I was train watching in Perryville, MD, it went at 150 MPH, when I rode on the Crescent from New Orleans,LA to Wilmington, DE on 9/19-20/2012 when I was traveling from Loser City Tucson,AZ to attend my 40 year High School class reunion, the Crescent went 130 MPH to 150 MPH between Baltimore & Wilmington,DE.
We need more trains like the Acela. It’s the closest thing to high speed rail in the US.
It is high speed rail
@@FredrickTheMoose2007 It's not, because the train tracks aren't made for highspeed. It looks more like a how we call it in Europe "normal" or a "classic" train track instead of a real highspeed track. Take a look at the SFS Koln - Frankfurt for example if you want to see how a real highspeed line looks like.
@@FredrickTheMoose2007 ghhi ui
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US: high speed rail is too expensive
Also US: spends $1.9T on a pointless war in the Middle East
Priorities.
And to be fair, HSR would make sense in some parts of the US only. California would be very difficult to built due to the tectonic movements.
But the East Coast could surely do with a dedicated HSR network. It's not like America doesn't have the engineers or the money to built it. It lacks political support.
“Pointless war” damn it bro it’s a war not some child’s play
But a war for cheaper oil!
Without control of the oil, the value of the usd is worthless
Exactly.👎🏾
1:46 a wild Acela appears!
The Train Is Triggers
Unstoppable (Straton curve) starts playing
IT COULD ATTACK AT ANY MOMMENT
Those trains are fasted, when i were to USA aboard Acela Express, i traveled New York to Boston. ¡excellent!
Hi from France to America ! Even if that train is not so fast than our TGV, i consider it as a fast train compared to previous american trains. Travels are now shorter than before and are less expensive than plane, and connect town center between them.
In the future, your trains will be even faster than nowadays. USA go !
ahhh compare your train with the chinese one, you cheesy french
AdiL oSaFi lol chinese isn’t even better lol, cheesy cancer owner
Finally, a French person in the comments that isn't laughing at us Americans and our high speed trains.
0:12 This has to have been your most insane catch yet. I bet all the people onboard the coaster train were very happy to see a steam locomotive chuffing right past them. (Of course I’ve seen the actual clip and not the intro but it’s impressive)
I liked this video! Every time the Acela passes an MBTA, I know you camerad it from Massachusetts which is my state!
Anyone watching this in 2024. 👇
Bro look at the end the sound is scary 😱💀
lmfao damn. look closely at the guy in the distance on station platform at 2:41, airwave from the train passing blew his hat off.
please stand behind the building lol
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CoasterFan2105 Love The Acela!! Awesome video!!!!
Can we have more of this? Even if its at 150 mph, still saves people time.
Well I thought it got along at a pretty respectable pace. All things relative. I live in Australia, large area with many State Governments much like the U.S. Very difficult to get a national approach to a high speed rail network to cover such vast distances. European countries, Japan and the UK isles are much smaller areas and therefor much easier to achieve what we long to have. Still, we do well with what we have :) Cheers.
Are there _any_ attempts to get HSR in Australia?
@@Neville60001 They talk about it mate, throw millions into feasibility studies but sadly that's where it about stops.
Japan is helping america
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I took my first ride on the Acela this week (Dec 2022) and it was awesome. Two hours from DC to NYC. Fantastic.
Fantastic job capturing the Acela Express train!
The work of Alstom and Bombardier really paid off with the Acela. America’s Fastest.
I love the Acela express, I love Amtrak, I love american trains from Japan.
かっこいい...客車と機関車との間の段差が小さいから編成が整っていて素敵！！
動力集中方式屈指の美しさ
I used to live about 1/2 mile where the Acela shot by at around 110mph. It's impressive, for American standards. The distance from Providence RI to Boston MA is short enough to where it does not reach a top speed of 150mph.
Usa can do better but capitalism logic dont help
They badly need to expand Acela lines to nationwide services. Or at least between certain cities. Like I’d love to have a Midwest corridor. Milwaukee, Chicago, St.Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, and finally Pittsburgh with connecting lines through Pennsylvania and New York to the north east corridor. Definitely encourage more travel between cities on day trips or smaller trips.
It's good to see that our American cousins have finally started to catch up with us Europeans (not forgetting Asia aswell) in rail travel! :D
Ah yes, roasting us about our trains 17 years after the Acela was announced. Great to see you’re keeping up!
0:12-0:20 mom and I really loved that part, watching the trains go by!
I love this video from coasterfan2105 with metra Chicago commuter trains.
2:14 coming from a Shinkansen flyby, that is still impressive speed, I didn’t know we had trains that fast.
In the Midwest we actually have a few trains that travel at 110 mph.
Rr eeex
Usually the fastest I’ll see is 80mph with a ton of amtraks and freight trains, I believe it goes from St. Louis to Chicago
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Sweet shots Mike!!! I love Acela's! I fact I'm heading to the Northeast next week!
Captain Justice Great! Have fun!
We need trains like this in Bangladesh 😢
I really enjoy your videos on youtube. Nice job
Ethan Trainz Thank you!
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Wow, a USA rail project that actually followed through.
2 years ago? better get with the times "dude"
Good Job Amtrak! I have good feelings about your future with high speed trains!
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If you traveled in Europe, you would be laughing at this.
+Vaas Montenegro The Acela is just as fast as most high speed express trains in Europe, its top speed is 150mph, which is 241kph. Soon the speed limit will be raised to 165mph, or 265kph. Yes there are quite a few trains in Europe and Aisa that are faster, but the majority are the same speed as this. And it isn't really that much slower than the latest and greatest high speed trains that aren't a maglev. I think they travel at about 320kph/198mph. Its only a 35mph difference, and it gets the job done. That's the thing, everyone wants the US to build a "real" high speed train, but what it has does the job fine.
the title says "America's fastest train" not world's fastest train ._.
+Porsche Carrera GT Haha, exactly!
CoasterFan2105 :3
+Vaas Montenegro It still gets the job done. DC to Boston in 7 hour. Beets dealing with road traffic and trying to stay awake for 12 hours behind the wheel.
Mike -
Another fine video. I've seen other videos of the Acela with even with one or two produced by Amtrak. It wasn't until I saw this one of yours that I really noticed Acela's unique sound as it sprints by. Thanks for posting it.
Art
Art Griggs Thank you very much Art. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.
It would be nice if Amtrak expanded Acela all over the nation🚄
This a great compilation!
Always happy when you come to the northeast.
hey Sonny thank you man i like your'e style
s0nnyburnett I agree
Very excellent presentation for the Railway of U S A is watching is an Indian Railway Lover from India.
We need this in Canada.
Now.
Get a proper high-speed rail. Not this garbage.
@@PatheticTV "not this garbage"
O no. Not dis sh1t again
PatheticTV oh stfu, its a perfect loco and very fast. Eat it bro
@@NortheastCorridorFilms yea and the new acela is coming
I thought via was a high speed. Wait wasnt CN testing a high speed train like in tbe 50s or 60s?
I love union pacific trains from fast desiel trains thank you!!
Stunning high speed videos!
Speed
I find the train is more pleasant to myself than flying as you miss seing so much scenery when you fly.
*Me casually putting it on X2 speed*
The fact that this train is shorter than more common European or Japanese models (TGV, ICE, Shinkansen, anyone?) doesn't make it look faster. But the Acela is very slow anyway. I hope that someday the United States will develeop better infrastructure than it has now. I am from the Netherlands myself, and I absolutely love trains. Seeing them arrive on their stations, depart with grace and rush through the countryside at their top speeds is truly amazing to watch. It just shows that trains simply do not belong in museums. They belong on the tracks, where they perform their duties.
However, as we all know, the United States has a poorly maintained infrastructure when it comes to their tracks and trains. Amtrak owns only a very small portion of all the track it operates on, meaning the owners of the non-Amtrak rails will naturally lend the priorities to their freight trains. Whenever there is a freight train approaching, Amtrak train operators are told to park their trains in sidings, while the 2-kilometer long freight train passes by at the slowest possible speed. Normally, these non-Amtrak tracks are not powered by overhead electricity either, which means they are forced to utilize diesel engines for their passenger trains on those tracks, just like the freight companies that actually own the track. For this reason, high-speed rail travel across the US, even by diesel trains, is impossible on the track they do not own.
The reason why the Acela is so slow on the Amtrak-owned track is because the track isn't upgraded. However, they are working on gradually upgrading the track they do own, which would eventually result in the trains being able to run at their top speeds. Avelia Liberty will have to wait, because upgrading the tracks is the first step to take. Without this crucial step, even the new Avelia Liberty would still only be chugging along at less than 125 miles per hour, just like the Acela Express. They could go faster on European tracks, but they don't, since the track is poorly maintained.
How badly I wish the United States would be getting a good network of trains across the entire country...
(Sorry if my English was bad)
-Jack
Jack DvR we need to straighten the line more, the bends and turns keeps them slow. But since that would mean taking property from people, it would be much more complicated. I wish it was easy to do this, but since amtrak is govt owned, anything for it to upgrade would have to be fought over in the senate
I don't want these trains replaced. They're still new.....
YoImShepard 17 years old = new?
By new i mean young. 17 years is still a young age if you think about it.
dennis trident william I'm 16 years old. You calling me old?
1:10 When your playing outside and you see a bee
EarRape Grape at 2x speed
Most Awesome Vid!!!!!!! Love The Intro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ginantsfan5 Thank you!
Can you come to Long Island to film the Long Island railroad,also, the New York and Atlantic railroad for freight
I like the video so much that I thank you for it.
is no one gonna talk about that guy losing his hat on the left side of the screen? 2:40
Superb shots !
I went on the acela for my birthday
Lucky!
I’m going on t tommorow for my birthday 🤪
Sure is the best birthday! The Acela is expensive.
R188 7 train it really was for me. NYP to Boston south, couldn’t ever asked for a better birthday
Lucky you! How was it?
It is amazing that they could run in more than 150mph in existing rail. Greeting from China.
A chinese person huh? Thanks for greeting us!
*_Greetings from USA_*
is nobody gonna talk about the horn at 4:32?
I guess not 😞
thank you , am in Australia hope to get that side in the next 6 years...
I can’t wait for the Shinkansen line to be built from Dallas to Houston
Hopefully the Texas Central project doesn't end up like California's project
Yeah. Hopefully it geta adequate funding.
Love the night time shots! These trains remind me a little of the BR class 91 and Mk4 sets, the body profile is quite similar!
Happy 50th birthday to Amtrak!
150mph is actually damn impressive for hundreds of year old lines travelling on some of the busiest corridors in the world with mixes of commuter, freight, and Acela, and without their own dedicated right of way. That being said Acela ordered new Alstom Aveila Liberty trains that starting in 2021 will lean into turns and are going to be able to go 220mph on these same old congested lines.
220 mph? That would be 350 on old tracks. I don't have to tell you how hazardous this is, do I?
HSR needs a fixed underground made from concrete slaps. It should run on dedicated tracks to avoid collisions. It needs a new type of signalling because older light - based signals are not cutting it for HSR. They need special electric cables and they need more space between the tracks and in tunnels.
It would be ludicrous to think that you will be able to ride 220 mph on the same old network.
Nice Captures !!
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The whoosh sound as the train passes the camera is the best thing in the world
What a beautiful Acela is!
I really enjoy these postwar train videos..
2:57: Me when I'm late in the car.
I love acela express!!❤❤especially steam trains❤❤,love from India🇮🇳❤.
Thank goodness for those yellow lines, or people wouldn't have anything to stand behind for protection! :-}
Excellent video work, well done sir.
+twyfordlion Thank you very much!
Say hello to the Empire-Builder’s bouncing, badass baby brother.
I was planning on filming at North Elizabeth on the NEC today, which would've been the first time I'd ever seen an Acela in person. Unfortunately, my father and I didn't have time-if we'd gone, we'd have only been able to stay for about 20 minutes. Another day...
1:28 that things about to fall over lol
it's how it turns
Garrett's Trainz Studios! tq
Garrett's Trainz Studios!
NJT Amtrak Railfan old commetn
Garrett's Trainz Studios! ?
The intro was my whole childhood, but 0:12 was the most nostalgic🥲
One thing I don't understand is why do the Acela's power cars not tilt while the passenger cars do?
They just replaced the entire Acela fleet with tilting trains this year. Now the whole thing goes 50 kph faster
@@julianb7990 The old ones do tilt. It's just that only the passenger carriages tilt. The driving units at each end don't tilt. Was wondering why this is. Surely it would make the driver uncomfortable when cornering lol
@@10reubenlhaving a tilting powercar would cost a lot more to manufacture, since the pantograph would lose contact when tilting. there would need to be a whole separate system just for the pantograph to function correctly. there’s just no good reason to do all of that. the ride quality in the powercar already sucks anyways.
Cool video
Nice ,love from india
1:07 that phrase never get old
3:48 sounds like a simplex true alert doing continuous..
System6 Rail Productions Lol
System6 Rail Productions yes it does lmao
Train actually looks good !
The Acela is just fine! It gets the job done! We don't NEED crazy speeds like 200mph!