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.
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
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.
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...
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.
*_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!
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
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
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 !
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.
+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.
@@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.
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 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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
+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.
Impressive shots, Mike! Acela trainsets surely do look and sound amazing. If only the NEC could be improved and new high speed lines built so these monsters could show what they could really do!
Exactly. The top speed is already not bad. Anything above 125 mph is remarkable, not to say the top would increase to 160-165 mph. That's not that significant a difference than 180-200 mph from my opinions, especially given that NEC is literally town after town. The problem is we need to make sure that such high speeds is reached at most of the length. Right now there's only about 30 mi of 150 mph lines in MA/RI, and about the same length in NJ for 160 mph next year. We need literally all 500 miles of track and even some branches (like Springfield, Empire, Keystone and VA ones) to be reaching that standard. That would be impressive and world class.
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...
With my experiences on fast trains in the UK and France, at first I thought the US-xpress was not going that fast till 406 and 416, yep, that sucker definitely is hammering down in the 140 plus mphs. Mint captures.
To the people saying “oh that’s so slow compared to our European/Asian trains”, it ain’t a competition. And also, Amtrak is America’s most popular passenger railway that was founded by the US government as a for-profit organization and is ran like any other railway except its funded both by the people who ride it and the government. Amtrak has a specifically built route called the Northeast Corridor or NEC, this line is the only line in the USA that was specifically built for passenger rail. Most of Amtrak runs on other railway lines across the transcontinental railroad that was built and finished in the 1860s and by today is majority ran and operated by railway companies that run freight ops like Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF and many more. Freight trains aren’t designed to go fast and the FRA states that freight trains in the USA can only go a max of 70-75 mph. Well if that’s the case, why would a railroad spend money on making it capable of high speed when they’ll never use it nor see profit from it. And I don’t think Amtrak nor the government wants to spend the possible billions or even trillions of dollars is would take to build a high speed electrified railway stretching the 2,700 some odd miles from NYC to LA with connections to multiple other US states. And considering that almost no one would use it except railroad enthusiasts since we have planes, it wouldn’t even be very profitable. Hell it’s amazing the California Zephyr is still around considering it’s tickets are almost level with a plane ticket except it takes 9 times longer (48 hours) stretching from Chicago, Illinois to Emeryville, California.
In India we have only one train which hits 100MPH, Gatiman Express. These are very fast trains. One reason also for our trains being not so fast is because of the number of coaches they pull. They pull around 17-18 coaches on average. And sometimes even 24-25 odd. Here what I can see is the number of coaches are far less. Maybe 7-8 max. Having lesser number of coaches also helps the engine to pull faster. Anyways now in a few years time we will get our first Bullet Train. It would hit 300-320kmph i.e around 190-200MPH. The Logo of which has been approved by the Government 2 days back. Feeling excited and happy about it.
sari bsunt - I do not know which country you belong to, but the truth remains India was always a rich country since ancient times. Had it not been for people of Greek, Iran, British, Dutch, Spanish invading and looting us, we would already have been a developed country and not a developing nation. Still, after all these invasions in a short period of 70 years we have covered such a distance in developing the nation which no other Nation could have fathomed, had they gone through so much plundering and destruction our great Nation has survived. So, rather than mock at us, by commenting as you have, think deeply as to why your country is lagging behind in getting things like Bullet trains etc. You may come to the conclusion that leaders and people of your country is not pushing themselves to achieve what they can achieve. We Indians have been mocked around by the world for too long a time and that's why the 21st Century is showing it our true strength. :)
Hey dude lots of love to American rail fans from India.I am also a rail fan.I want to say that please be safe while the sexy beast 😍😘 on the track bcs of it's high speed it can pull u towards bcs a low pressure system is developed when the train at high speed running out of platform . And also there is a high risk while clicking a camera flash near high tension overhead wires .Bcs some times it can give a spark through the flash and can hit the photographer too. I'm not warning u but be safe bro we want some more vids from u 😎😎🤗😘🇮🇳🇮🇳🇺🇸🇺🇸
Camera doesn't do it justice kneeling on the platform with daughter out of Mansfield MA when this bad boy comes rolling through. Almost blew me over never mind the sand blasting
i'm with you dude let's rock this house and let the good times begin Amtrak Acela be ready for a change to Avelia Liberty in the next 2 years word"! it's real it's going to be a great experience let the fun begin
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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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
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?
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.
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
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
Joseph M I
Lewis Trains the Acelas top speed is 170
As a guy from india.. I am impressed by american acela express ... hats off
*_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 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
Excellent shots of Attleboro (150MPH), Hyde Park (120MPH), and Canton Junction (125MPH). =)
Best Acela compilation....Greetings from India.
Indian Train Journeys kk9
What greeting ,,
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
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.
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.
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
You’ve outdone yourself with this one.
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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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!
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.
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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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1:46 a wild Acela appears!
The Train Is Triggers
Unstoppable (Straton curve) starts playing
IT COULD ATTACK AT ANY MOMMENT
super cool my brother❤❤, greetings from Indonesia🚂🚂, always be healthy🙏🙏🥰🥰
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.
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.
That intro gave me goosebumps! Great video!
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)
great video, this train has a very nice look! maybe better than our high speed trains here in Italy.. I love it
I liked this video! Every time the Acela passes an MBTA, I know you camerad it from Massachusetts which is my state!
Can we have more of this? Even if its at 150 mph, still saves people time.
Great Content i have been subscribed for years he should already have 100m but he is close to 1M
I took my first ride on the Acela this week (Dec 2022) and it was awesome. Two hours from DC to NYC. Fantastic.
Those trains are fasted, when i were to USA aboard Acela Express, i traveled New York to Boston. ¡excellent!
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.
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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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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.
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
great footages !!!! your fast train look like our french TGV !!!! thanks for sharing !
+Francois Gauthier And thank you for watching!
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 love the Acela express, I love Amtrak, I love american trains from Japan.
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
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
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
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!
The work of Alstom and Bombardier really paid off with the Acela. America’s Fastest.
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.👎🏾
CoasterFan2105 Love The Acela!! Awesome video!!!!
Wow, a USA rail project that actually followed through.
2 years ago? better get with the times "dude"
Sweet shots Mike!!! I love Acela's! I fact I'm heading to the Northeast next week!
Captain Justice Great! Have fun!
I find the train is more pleasant to myself than flying as you miss seing so much scenery when you fly.
Always happy when you come to the northeast.
hey Sonny thank you man i like your'e style
s0nnyburnett I agree
Awesome I love Acela Amtrak 😎😄👍
0:12-0:20 mom and I really loved that part, watching the trains go by!
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.
We need trains like this in Bangladesh 😢
1:07 that phrase never get old
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 this video from coasterfan2105 with metra Chicago commuter trains.
Happy 50th birthday to Amtrak!
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
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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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.
It would be nice if Amtrak expanded Acela all over the nation🚄
Fantastic job capturing the Acela Express train!
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?
thank you , am in Australia hope to get that side in the next 6 years...
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.
I really enjoy your videos on youtube. Nice job
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Good Job Amtrak! I have good feelings about your future with high speed trains!
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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.
I love union pacific trains from fast desiel trains thank you!!
Impressive shots, Mike! Acela trainsets surely do look and sound amazing. If only the NEC could be improved and new high speed lines built so these monsters could show what they could really do!
Exactly. The top speed is already not bad. Anything above 125 mph is remarkable, not to say the top would increase to 160-165 mph. That's not that significant a difference than 180-200 mph from my opinions, especially given that NEC is literally town after town. The problem is we need to make sure that such high speeds is reached at most of the length. Right now there's only about 30 mi of 150 mph lines in MA/RI, and about the same length in NJ for 160 mph next year. We need literally all 500 miles of track and even some branches (like Springfield, Empire, Keystone and VA ones) to be reaching that standard. That would be impressive and world class.
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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 😞
This a great compilation!
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?
I really enjoy these postwar train videos..
Stunning high speed videos!
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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...
2:57: Me when I'm late in the car.
Superb shots !
Can you come to Long Island to film the Long Island railroad,also, the New York and Atlantic railroad for freight
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!
What a beautiful Acela is!
With my experiences on fast trains in the UK and France, at first I thought the US-xpress was not going that fast till 406 and 416, yep, that sucker definitely is hammering down in the 140 plus mphs. Mint captures.
is no one gonna talk about that guy losing his hat on the left side of the screen? 2:40
I love acela express!!❤❤especially steam trains❤❤,love from India🇮🇳❤.
Nice Captures !!
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Awesome Video Mike
Nice ,love from india
To the people saying “oh that’s so slow compared to our European/Asian trains”, it ain’t a competition. And also, Amtrak is America’s most popular passenger railway that was founded by the US government as a for-profit organization and is ran like any other railway except its funded both by the people who ride it and the government.
Amtrak has a specifically built route called the Northeast Corridor or NEC, this line is the only line in the USA that was specifically built for passenger rail. Most of Amtrak runs on other railway lines across the transcontinental railroad that was built and finished in the 1860s and by today is majority ran and operated by railway companies that run freight ops like Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF and many more. Freight trains aren’t designed to go fast and the FRA states that freight trains in the USA can only go a max of 70-75 mph. Well if that’s the case, why would a railroad spend money on making it capable of high speed when they’ll never use it nor see profit from it.
And I don’t think Amtrak nor the government wants to spend the possible billions or even trillions of dollars is would take to build a high speed electrified railway stretching the 2,700 some odd miles from NYC to LA with connections to multiple other US states. And considering that almost no one would use it except railroad enthusiasts since we have planes, it wouldn’t even be very profitable. Hell it’s amazing the California Zephyr is still around considering it’s tickets are almost level with a plane ticket except it takes 9 times longer (48 hours) stretching from Chicago, Illinois to Emeryville, California.
Exactly. It never was a competition. It’s definitely an Express, you can just tell.
It’s fast for us
*Me casually putting it on X2 speed*
The whoosh sound as the train passes the camera is the best thing in the world
3:48 sounds like a simplex true alert doing continuous..
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In India we have only one train which hits 100MPH, Gatiman Express. These are very fast trains. One reason also for our trains being not so fast is because of the number of coaches they pull. They pull around 17-18 coaches on average. And sometimes even 24-25 odd. Here what I can see is the number of coaches are far less. Maybe 7-8 max. Having lesser number of coaches also helps the engine to pull faster. Anyways now in a few years time we will get our first Bullet Train. It would hit 300-320kmph i.e around 190-200MPH. The Logo of which has been approved by the Government 2 days back. Feeling excited and happy about it.
Kaushik Basu why do you guys who can't afford adequate plumbing get a bullet train and not us?
sari bsunt - I do not know which country you belong to, but the truth remains India was always a rich country since ancient times. Had it not been for people of Greek, Iran, British, Dutch, Spanish invading and looting us, we would already have been a developed country and not a developing nation. Still, after all these invasions in a short period of 70 years we have covered such a distance in developing the nation which no other Nation could have fathomed, had they gone through so much plundering and destruction our great Nation has survived. So, rather than mock at us, by commenting as you have, think deeply as to why your country is lagging behind in getting things like Bullet trains etc. You may come to the conclusion that leaders and people of your country is not pushing themselves to achieve what they can achieve. We Indians have been mocked around by the world for too long a time and that's why the 21st Century is showing it our true strength. :)
The Acela is just fine! It gets the job done! We don't NEED crazy speeds like 200mph!
Hey dude lots of love to American rail fans from India.I am also a rail fan.I want to say that please be safe while the sexy beast 😍😘 on the track bcs of it's high speed it can pull u towards bcs a low pressure system is developed when the train at high speed running out of platform . And also there is a high risk while clicking a camera flash near high tension overhead wires .Bcs some times it can give a spark through the flash and can hit the photographer too. I'm not warning u but be safe bro we want some more vids from u 😎😎🤗😘🇮🇳🇮🇳🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank goodness for those yellow lines, or people wouldn't have anything to stand behind for protection! :-}
Camera doesn't do it justice kneeling on the platform with daughter out of Mansfield MA when this bad boy comes rolling through. Almost blew me over never mind the sand blasting
Shot at 1:47 That's what I'm talking about!!
i'm with you dude let's rock this house and let the good times begin Amtrak Acela be ready for a change to Avelia Liberty in the next 2 years word"! it's real it's going to be a great experience let the fun begin
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It smokes! Great shots.