Brightline train hits 130 mph in testing
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- A Brightline train has hit speeds of 130 mph in testing on passenger operator’s corridor between Orlando and Cocoa, Fla., the company announced this morning (March 6, 2023), making it the fastest train ever to operate in Florida and the southeastern U.S. Visit Trains.com for the full story. Video courtesy Brightline; maximum-speed footage is at the 2:13 mark.
Imagine being stuck in traffic doin maybe 10 mph because of an accident or construction or whatever, and then seeing the train blow by you doing 130mph. I'd board that train everyday after.
Id just fly to Orlando to take this train
You don’t even need to be stuck in traffic. If you’re driving along doing 65 mph, the train will still pass you doing 60mph faster than you are. That means that it looks as fast to you as you look to somebody standing still, even though you’re doing highway speeds.
This is why we should build high speed rail next to highways! There is no better advertising.
@@nolantherailfan5048 *train whizzes by as you wait in a 2h long TSA line in Orlando/Ft. Lauderdale/Miami International Hellport*
As much as I like the idea, it's not feasible unless it's taking you where you need to go. Until we get stops in Cocoa/The Space Coast, it's sort of a "blueball" to have it flying alongside the 528 from Orlando without actually taking much traffic off the 528 itself.
Hopefully people see Brightline as they're driving by and think wow it's so much faster than driving. That's the best form of advertising a train can do to convince people to ride it.
@@jacobs9474 to do a fair comparison between a train ticket and a car you have to add not just the gas but also the price of the price on the oil and the car insurance plus the stress of driving a car in Florida traffic.
When you arrive on the Florida toll road to Miami West Palm and , Fort Lauderdale with the car you might arrive stressed because of traffic and bad driving such as car drivers driving, drunk, driving with illegal drugs in their system, changing lanes without using signals etc.
What’s riding on the train you arrive relaxed and having a choice that you could work on some things that needed to get done on your computer or watching a movie on your iPad or computer or even phone or talking to your family or friends or relatives while drinking a beer or a cocktail or even nonalcoholic drink
@@enjoyslearningandtravel7957 for most people, Brightline will likely not be used daily, and so frequently that it replaced the need for a car and car insurance. So, people will be paying for car insurance anyway, and so gas price will be the main thing that is considered when deciding to drive or not. Plus most people will drive regardless, as Brightline doesn't go where they need to go.
@@duxlorbitxl9986 Tell that to the people who ride it to the Miami heats games.
@@duxlorbitxl9986 Extra car mileage adds more expense for depreciation, repairs and maintenance. Ridership will triple when Orlando opens from 1M/year to 3M and to 5M when Tampa Bay opens.
Brightline prices their tickets so it’s the same price as driving, and cheaper than flying.
I love how it literally kicks up dust as it flies by
Will the dust settle down as time goes by? Seems a bit excessive. Let's go 135 mph!
@@davidjackson7281 It cause the tracks are brand new, and the dust hasn’t been blown or washed off all the rocks used for the ballast yet.
@@ncard00 Thanks my friend. Thought so.
The dust is like a garnishment. I like it 🙂
I’ve seen Metra expresses kick up dust on our Rock Island District. And they do a maximum of 79MPH. And that’s with the cab car leading!
And there are people who oppose this beauty? what little sense of art.
The people who oppose this just don't understand. And what they don't understand, they fear. And what they fear, they hate.
@@orlandoracer407 And they drive around crossing gates. . .
If you consider threat to public safety art?
@@davidschriber1081 your only in danger of dying to a train if your an idiot
@@davidschriber1081Threat to public safety my ass. Not going around gates and staying off railroad tracks is LITERALLY US law.
This is incredible how fast these trains can go. Some people think brightline trains are a joke, but soon as their car is blown to shreds, they'll look stupid asf
Brightline definitely isn’t playing around. They just announced Brightline West a couple days ago! It’s gonna run from LA to Las Vegas! And they’re slated to start construction by the end of this year! Their future is very bright at the moment
I mean they can already blow a car to shred at 80~ mph, but you're so right XD
It annoys me that Amtrak has the same trains but will rarely be able to let them fly full throttle like this.
@@adamknott7830 This is all new track laid out on a new right of way that has no legacy design issues that would limit speed unlike many places along Amtraks's Northeast Corridor.
@@beltrams I know, thats why I am sad
Understand that same company is developing the Las Vegas to Ontario, CA route. Hope they are just as successful with this rail line! Very impressive!
they should break ground sometime this year.
125mph is the default line speed in the UK between London/Edinburgh.. You would think intercity trains in a place as vast as America would be doing more like 200
Americans are in the medieval times compared with Europe on trains.
I think the geography and ROW is the the problem? I'm not from America but that would be my guess if I'll base it to some asian lines that are also restricted to certain speeds.
Give it time, the United States is behind the UK and Europe with trains, so even just the slower train and not quite higher speed is a step in the right direction.
I hope people support the train and use it. Not everybody wants to use a train. Many will still like their use your cars but then there’s not as many people on the highway and some toll roads making easier driving for those who like to use cars and also may be safer driving in some cases because there’s people driving that shouldn’t be that or maybe on medication and poor vision but don’t ever have a way to get around since Uber is kind of expensive.
@@이마크-r8e it's technology. This is a private company trying to be profitable in a country with virtually no passenger rail relative to its size, so they are not investing in electrifying yet. There are also a lot of road crossings because they don't want to invest in grade separation.
90% of passenger trains runs on freight railroads in the US and fights Amtrak tooth and nail on anything above 79mph.
Couple months ago I had a work trip in West Palm Beach and Pomapno Beach (which is just north of Fort Lauderdale), I went to Orlando first then took a bus down to west palm beach. While the bus was dead and there was no traffic since it was early in the morning, it still wasn’t the best option and didn’t feel the safest as well considering the area it was in at Orlando. I would 100% take this over the bus any day of the week if I ever did that again.
I have family too that lives in south eastern Florida between Miami and west palm beach that love to drive up to Orlando for Disney, universal, seaworld, etc. I remember mentioning this to them and they already said they’ll do this over driving as well no matter what the price is. Excited for it to launch in the 2nd quarter of this year
You gotta love the “aircraft”/“Indy 500” sounds!!!!!!!
Best way to appreciate how fast the train is going is comparing it to the cars on the side going at 70mph on the Florida turnpike
America is once again in the age of the train
It’s my far-fetched hope that Brightline will branch out into Georgia one day. Imagine a corridor that leads up to Atlanta. It would do wonders for freeing up traffic on I-75. I doubt Georgia would go for it, but one can wish.
These Charger’s High Speed sounds like an ACS-64 from Amtrak and Septa. And yes. High Speed Testing for Brightline. It reminds me the double ended ACS-64 sandwich train with 4 amfleet coaches on Keystone 663 to Harrisburg on (05/25/2022) when I saw it at New Brunswick Station.
Reminds me of the sound the British 125 mph diesel trains make at speed.
It's not a coincidence. The Siemens Chargers are developed off of the same locomotive platform that underpin the ACS-64 (and EuroSprinter) locomotives. They also share the same Siemens power electronics (ie, the inverters, motor controllers, traction motors, cooling systems, and other locomotive subsystems).
The main difference being that the Chargers are diesel electric and thus have the extra Cummins QSK-95 prime mover under the hood powering everything, and MAN do they sound really good. I know these new units are four stroke, BUT, they sure do have a teeny bit of EMD 710 two stroke vibes, mainly because they are high speed diesels and are running at up to 1800rpm, basically mimicking the sound of a 710 at 900ish rpm. Pretty neat.
Even before reading the description I recognized Florida the instant I saw it. There is a characteristic look to south and central Florida.
Amazing! Well done, Brightline!
More, more!
Done this speed a lot of times in Japan. Nothing beats standing up in the bar car enjoying a Kerin beer and a plate of Japanese curry. Your feet. Only couple feet above the ground. Traveling over 128mph.
The cars on the highway look like they're standing still compared to the train.
Ikr
And so, Brightline officially became high speed rail.
No they haven't lmao, it's commonplace to test equipment at 5-10mph above its max in service speed, which is what they're doing here. Additionally, new construction HSR was originally defined as 135mph+ and is now defined as 150mph+.
@@piemadd In Europe, HSR is defined as >=200km/h. Which is about 125mph.
@@btudrus For existing construction, NOT new construction.
Who cares if they’re technically high speed or not, it’s still almost double as fast as driving.
@@piemadd 250 kpm/155 mph for new HSR construction. Brightline is excellent 'fast speed' transportation and fits the travel need perfectly. 200 kpm/125 mph is HSR for UPGRADED tracks.
It's a good sign when you see them out running cars
Amazing, but we did it in with steam in 1936, and regularly with diesel since 1970. Still spectacular though. I hope the locals make it worth the while achieving it. Hope the traction !otors are dust proofed too. 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Thanks govt for not investing in this and having the private sector do everything
The gov invested in this
The biggest obstacle of Bright line is the People of Florida.
parking their cars at road crossings!!
No, the biggest obstacle is Brightline lack of concern for safety in the Treasure coast area. Small cities with some very complex intersections. Tracks should be west of I95.
@@davidschriber1081Brightline’s literally upping safety on Treasure Coast crossings, like quad gates. When the gates are down, DON’T. GO. AROUND. THEM. Simple right?
Oh wait you probably didn’t hear me because you’re licking Brian Mast’s boot.
@@MarioYoshi4723 He doesn't even have let's so I guess you mean licking his prosthetic legs
I hope the dust from the ballast is temporary, residual from it not being used really up to now, otherwise they'll need to mitigate that.
It will settle.
@@SHKarlson a few days of summer rain .
Hopefully Tampa is next soon to be constructed and lots of people will ride it causing Brightline to add more cars making them a bit longer.
Hey Alan!
Rather fastest train in the US, based on average speed, the Acela only reaches 150mph on a small stretch of the NEC after all. But nothing compared to Brightline west, where speed will be at 180-220mph. Play from 2:10 at 1.5x speed, and you’ll see the speed at which Brightline West will run. And if you play at 2x speed, you won’t even reach the speed of the world’s fastest maglev train, which tops out at 431kph! Also, can’t wait to see trains running every 30min, between Orlando and Miami, with 10 carriages each, completely sold out, and no congestion on the roads.
@@4238001Avela Liberty for the Northeast Corridor, and Siemens Velaro for Brightline West and possibly for California HSR as well.
@@4238001 No -because hourly bidirectional service isn't frequent enough to justify the expense, because they would need different locomotives and they'd just buy them new with dual mode capability if they planned to, and because they can't feasibly grade separate the FEC alignment while both Brightline and Florida East Coast have to run trains on it (freight won't appreciate climbing up and down to dodge crossings and get back to ground level for industrial sidings).
@Lew Rodd it's a debate for dueling, higher RPM diesel engines powering the AC generators to make them faster or electrifying. The problem with electrifying is we don't have the infrastructure to power that yet so it's tricky
@@4238001 afaik they're looking at Siemens Velaro sets, the same ones Deutsche Bahn uses as ICE 3s
btw the italian frecciarossa 1000, while operating at a top speed of 300km/h was actually designed for a top speed of 400km/h, and that is on conventional rails, which is just insane
Can't wait to see the Bright line HSD operate at this MAS regularly! Those SCB-40s look very nice with the streamlined cowling, I can't say it enough
I'm so glad private passenger rail is coming back! But lets hope the onboard amenities of the trains can match the service.
This kinda looks familiar. Is this the new track that runs along the tollroad, SR528?
Coming to California soon, so they say. Time will tell : U.S. regulators have completed an environmental study for Brightline West’s high-speed link from Rancho Cucamonga to the Mojave Desert, where it would connect with a 200-mph line to Las Vegas.
It annoys and saddens me to know that Amtrak has the same trains but they will never be able to let loose like this because of the shit tracks they run on
BRIGHTLINE TRAIN HITS (oh no, not again!)
130 MPH IN TESTING (aaaaah!)
Nice and fast. Also showing good acceleration later in the video. Is this the fastest American diesel train?
Technically a SC-44 with 400 more horsepower would accelerate faster, if we're just sticking to diesels in this family, so no. Although, I'd say the SC-44 accelerates faster than any of the ordinary GE diesel engines (or Amtrak's P42) because it weighs less than them.
That is one high powered unit! 🤯
Just Great, Just Great!!!!
Amazing video! Great work! Thumbs Up
So cool to finally see that train run at 125mph, even though it won't run that speed through the entire railway. I can't wait to see how far this company goes. Looking forward to the construction of Brightline west, and hopefully they build Atlanta - Charlotte as well.
1:59 A cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi-Yo Silver!" The favoring grade coming down from that bridge must be steeper than Saluda Grade.
Looks good and sounds good.
Great shots.
Nice!!! It sounds more like a Turboliner then a diesel.
Looking forward to riding in the summer round trip from Orlando to Miami
is awesome , we should have done this long time ago , i was traveling in Italy and definitely this is the way to travel 👍🏻👍🏻
It leaves a cloud of dust like The Roadrunner. Beep Beep.
I feel bad for the 130mph, hopefully it will recover from the crash
Trains in Europe and Asia hit over 200mph just fine why are you being so against this
@@nolantherailfan5048 reread the comment
The U.S is way too soft on the regulated speeds on open stretch of track with NO Crossings on this part of the line. Easily should be able to go 160+ on a straight shot like 528. European bullet trains stay winning 🏆
train sounds like the star ship in Star Wars which is cool.
Congrats, now you are just slightly faster than the Mallard.
without the stack!
KUDOS. THANK YOU. LOVE YOU.
Really dusting off the rocks !!
The Acela hits similar speed in sections. But, it’s meaningless as to time between stations. The train between London and Paris averages about 100 mph on the 212 mile route taking about 2:15 minutes. Brightline is doing very well attracting customers on its limited route. Still, it’s a single track most of the way, typical US layout.
Brightline also hits over 100 mph for most of its route mainly between wpb and Orlando
Brightline: I hit 130 mph, yee haw!
Shinkansen: Hold my sake.
TGV: Hold my champagne.
Transrapid MAGLEV: Hold my beer.
It's a good start for us
I guess the cars on the freeway must be going 130 also....
Yes
130km/h that would be...
@@Cpr1234 yeah 130KM/H but easily overtaken by the train going 130mph
If only people would stop getting hit by the things because they can't be bothered to wait literally 30 seconds for it to pass. An NS coal drag? I can under stand, you can be waiting literally 10 minutes for that thing to roll bye, but this? No.
try with more carriages on 9 should test it out at 125mph
There are plan for up to 10 carriages per train in the future of demand if there.
I have an odd feeling they're going to try to test these suckers out at 150 mph soon
They’re not lol
@@mikeytrains1 never say ever
@@AgentSpockAgentSpock They’re built to go 125 mph
That would mean that the US would hold the World Diesel Train speed record, currently 143 MPH held by Britain.
They are physically incapable of running past 130mph
While this does look like a pretty sweet ride, news articles are already continuing to pile up cringe relating to derailments and lack of government funding for new projects. Be careful everyone.
That’s the freight companies and Amtrak using the freight companies tracks, Brightline only hits cars crossing the gates illegally.
Hope those engines have Wix Air Filters!
I'm hoping they'll electrify the corridor in the future
Imagine the number of people transported by that single Brightline train with 4 coaches in it. All without having a tyre puncture or traffic jam due to an accident. How many seats in each of those Ventura style coaches? Dear America, invest in railways and you can also decongest the highways and roads.
Over a hundred years ago, we did just that, with passenger service to towns and cities of all sizes all over the United States. My town in southeast Ohio was served by three passenger train companies. There has been no passenger rail service here since (I think) the 1950s or earlier. The automobile took over along with the interstate highway system. The northeast US as far west as Chicago also had a vast network of inter-city electric rail. With the exception of the South Shore Line around Lake Michigan into Chicago, all of that is gone as well.
National passenger railroad maps from 1880 to 1930 show a complex spiderweb of passenger rail service. Now we are the only developed nation in the world without a comprehensive passenger rail system, let alone anything resembling high speed.
Maybe the increased speed will also serve as deterrent to resist illegally going around the crossing gates!
Or just eliminate crossings all together
Oh yeah, that train feels the need... the need for SPEED!
After some teething problems, hopefully being taken care of; It appears the Siemens Chargers might be starting to shine, here...
those things ugly as hell but the engine sounds magnificent
Seriously they build it single track. Good luck implementing higher frequency service
I had the same reaction but they did build the whole route and bridges with space to add another track. Thats something at least
Look closer and you can see some of those crop duster nozzles are malfunctioning
Blower busted??
I have no idea why Amtrak and MDOT stopped at 110 on the Michigan line or use wooden ties still. Over building the line even if it supports speeds than feasible is better even if the cost is a bit more.
Fricken TRAIN
Need some rain to wash that ballast. Over here they wash it before putting it down.
130mph = 210km/h - not bad.
What a pity they use diesel and not electric trains...
Hey, hey, the UK used the beloved Intercity 125 for a long time while much of the rail was electrified. Don't take this from us, please.
I think part of it is cost, yes, but I think the other is simply how Florida gets ravaged by multiple hurricanes every year, and it's a LOT that can go wrong with that kind of env factors.
@@KrimsonStorm Exactly those 2 factors, also, grade seperation all the way and EMU’s are so expensive, why they’re waiting to do this for Brightline West.
Having trains at all is much more important than having electric trains, if emissions are your concern.
@@KrimsonStorm the trolley lines would kill the pythons........
Finally the north east has a worthy contender our battle will be legendary
Kung fu panda reference?
Imagine how many people there going to kill this time or have you all forgotten about that it's a great idea to have a fast train but not so great the way it runs along the ground through a very populated state see how fast you get where you're going while you wait for the police to make there reports after that train mows down people and cars 😮
How far to,stop the train at 130? The buss and van transport guys from MCO to East Coast are on for a big drop in business.
miles................
Less than a mile, likely close to 1/2 mile. It is only four coaches and two motors, so a fairly light-weight train, which can stop surprisingly quickly in full emergency brake application. The main reason it can stop more quickly than a long freight train (besides the mass) is that passenger equipment today uses disc brakes, which have much greater braking power than traditional iron or composite brake shoes on freight cars. It's the same kind of braking equipment as is found on automobiles.
Here is a link to a video of a UK passenger train going into emergency at 125mph; you can see how quickly it slows: ua-cam.com/video/BxFBkyAABRI/v-deo.html
How about not parking your car on a rail crossing
Nice video, no electricity cables.. so this means the train rides on battery ??
No. It's a diesel train
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Aww they think 130mph is fast and notable. How cute.
Shut up retard you have no father
130 mph is slow?
Only an idiot European would think that
Makes me want to not drive..
Oh wait I live in Canada.. Dammit.
They could probably go much faster if the track was electrified...
4 mph faster than a steam engine and 5 mph faster than a nearly 50 year old 7 coach HST. and with 4 coaches. Hasn't the train advanced well.
Are there any double-track areas on this route??
Not in the Cocoa Orlando section from cocoa to Miami it’s 2 tracks
Destroyed mallards record 😭💀
Mallard is a steam train and brightline is a diesel
This is great but at the same time I can only imagine the collisions between trains and cars
Why the heck so much dust? How's the track built?
On crushed rock, which has a hell of a lot of dust still in it. A few more trains and a good rainstorm will sort it out.
It's brand new track between Orlando & Cocoa. Rock dust from new ballast.
Which of them run was 130 mph ?
At 2:10 for sure.
@@RollerVisionStudios That was at least the fastest, along with the one following that, also with the low camera placement.
Then there are the grade crossings.....
Which isn’t Brightline’s fault, don’t grade seperate the entire line, just because people are stupid, keep the crossings, and teach people to behave right, no matter how many lives and crashes it takes to teach people to obey the law, people respect crossings around the world and have for forever, americans can learn it too, eventually.
also the entire right of way between cocoa and orlando (where it’ll top out at 125) is grade separated
@@ncard00 Ah, yes.....the Darwinian approach. It makes for good virals. I bet Brightlines profit margin would never support that, though.
There’s no way that’s 130mph right? It doesn’t look like it
What about 2:10?
@@RollerVisionStudios That looks at least close to 125mph, but wouldn’t be surpirsed if that’s 130mph.
Generally things look slower in long shots.
The highway traffic are going around 60 - 70 mph. The train is blasting through at almost twice the speed. So I'd say its about right.
It isn't 130 MPH through the entire video. They give you a specific time check on the video where it hit top speed.
High speed rail will never deliver a loaf of bread to your local grocery store.
And your point is......????
High speed rail is designed to transport people not freight lol 😂😂
French TGV 130 mph that's cute.
German ICE 130 mph LOL
Japanese high-speed Railway when you do some real speed give us a call 📞 😉
Brightline isn't trying to compete with France, Germany or Japan. Brightline is competing with Amtrak.
@@saltcay brightline clearly has the upper hand compared to amtrak because it's faster and runs multiple times per day
Only single track?
Yes, for that section. They'll upgrade to double in the future but the single track can handle hourly trains in either direction. No where near saturation and they get the service up and running faster than waiting for both tracks to be built. All of the bridges on the route were constructed so a secondary track setup can be added easily.
@@Ven100 Okay good
Orlando airport and or Miami,good luck catching it
What do you mean? It stops are more stations than that, and even more are planned.
You think West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Aventura are not enough?
@@ncard00 what I mean is what I said Nik old chap,Orlando to south Florida with NO STOPS IN BETWEEN,that’s what I mean.
Can you catch it in Cocoa,Melbourne,Ft.Pierce,Vero,Pt St Lucie?
NO
@@RollerVisionStudios yes,you are correct,
@@RollerVisionStudios Orlando to west palm beach,118 miles,no stops in between.
Took you long enough
It's speed is so less than that of Delhi airport express 130km/hand even less than meerut RRTS 180km/h and Vande Bharat trains in India 180km/h and Tejas express 200km/h , High'Speed Rail Mumbai 320km/h.
You are wrong. Top speed is 200 kpm. Average speed is 130 kpm. India owes its railroads and common language to the great, masterful British Empire. I hope India does improve its transportation so passengers may not have to always be riiding on top and hanging onto the outsides of the trains. LOL. America has the greatest freight railway system in the world. So there! I luvs curry.
You have the wrong units this is 130 miles per hour the old British Imperial system as still used in the USA. Since one kilometer is equivalent to 0.62 miles, 130 miles/hour is equivalent to 210 km/h
130 mph not 130 kph 👍
India where trains plow into each other daily
Imagine failing to realize the difference between miles per hour and kilometers per hour. 125 mph is 201 km/hr.
Meanwhile in Europe...... LOL
Congratulations to them ! They said they were going to build it and they did ! Not like the Joke in California !
Drive down highway 99 in the Central Valley some time. You will see your error.
Brightline Florida is not high speed, and nothing like what they are doing in California. In international terms, what Brightline is doing is considered just a fast, or medium speed train. High speed starts at 150mph, but if you're not doing at least 180mph for most of the journey, you're not in the game.
I don't say it was a High Speed Train ! It's Intended to go from Orlando International Airport to Miami,but they DID what they said ! Unlike the California project.
The roads and bike lanes that were torn up for this project were not brought up to the condition they were in beforehand.
More roads is the last thing we need
incoming level crossing idiots in 3....2.....1.....
This section has no crossings
Can the united states build a train that doesnt derail ! You wont see my on that !
130mph barely even qualifies as high speed. Even an Amtrak Northeast Regional train could do that. It's disappointing how low the ambitions are in the US for true high speed rail. Nothing even scrapes the surface of even the most average high speed lines in Europe and Asia.
Still faster than the mallard
That looks like maybe 180 mph but not even close to 130mph
You mean 180kph, and not 130mph?
Why do I feel like a derailment is gonna occur sometime
Derails are nearly impossible, new tracks with concrete ties, up-to-date equipment and locomotives. Europeans do it better.
trains all over the world runs at 125 mph everyday and you rarely hear about derailment.
@@thastayapongsak4422 It’s called rail modernization, Europe mostly uses concrete ties while we, the U.S. use old wooden ties.
Hundreds if not thousands of car crashes happen weekly and nobody bats an eye
It won’t' cause it’s Brightline.