Topic summary
Acela Express
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Acela.
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In March 1999, Amtrak announced plans for a new train, the Acela.
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Before the first train was built, the Federal Railroad Administration required it to meet crash safety standards that senior Amtrak officials considered too strict. That forced the manufacturers, Bombardier Inc. of Canada and GEC Alstom of France, to make the trains twice as heavy as European models. Workers dubbed the trains le cochon -- the pig.
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- ^ . Metro-North Railroad. June 21, 2010 [February 5, 2006]. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 19, 2012 2013. This notes, on p.41, that the 90 mph section is from MP (mile post) 17.2 to MP 21.4; that begins midway between New Rochelle and Larchmont, and ends between Mamaroneck and Harrison.
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