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New infrastructure funding -- in Waterloo Region?
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10-22-2015, 06:47 PM
(10-22-2015, 06:27 PM)Canard Wrote:
(10-21-2015, 07:30 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: Nooo... I want European technology not Acela.

I'm curious what you think are the main technical differences between the Acela sets that Bombardier built from Amtrak are vs. Alstom or Siemens hardware operating in France or Germany.

(Kind of having a bit of fun with you - I got raked over the coals by someone for saying that Bombardier builds the best LFLRV's, and being asked to quantify my statement)

The main difference, as best as I understand, is that the Acela is a path designed to work with existing infrastructure in America, while the TGV and the ICE were designed from the ground up to be high speed trains. Essentially the difference between the ICE-T and the ICE-3 from Siemens.
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RE: New infrastructure funding -- in Waterloo Region? - by BuildingScout - 10-22-2015, 06:47 PM

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