Acela150
Super Buff
Teething issues?? hboy:
Amtrak Cities SprinterSo the "ACS" stands for "American Cities Sprinter" so why not just call them "Sprinters"?
peter
Whatever animal it is, it can look evil with the slanted lights. "Move out of my way, I'm coming through."The front of it kinda looks like a face of some kind, but I can't put my finger on what... a cat maybe? Lion?
Going back in time to the streamliner era, passenger engines, especially EMD 'E' and 'F' units were commonly refered to as 'Covered Wagons'.....in contrast to freight 'road switcher', or 'hood type' carbodies with outside running boards.Toaster? Meatball? Rhino? Might anyone be able to explain why such names... or, they happened to stick, for no particular reason?
What about New Haven EP5 'Jets'? Or Milwaukee Road 'Little Joes'? And diesel's....EMD GP's are 'jeeps'....DD40's are 'Centennial's'....Another nickname in use by employees and railfans back then, was 'Rectifier', for both the ex Virginian E-33 electric freight locomotives, and the PRR E-44 electric freight locomotives. The name was derived from their common use of ignitron rectifiers for converting current. They were also called 'bricks' by some, in reference to their boxy shape, especially compared to the beautiful lines of the GG-1, and the earlier P-5a.
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