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Amtrak SMP 28603 Mechanical Standards for Operating Privately
Amtrak Equipment Maintenance Department Standard Maintenance Procedure SMP NO.: 28603 ISSUE DATE: January 12, 1982 REVISION DATE: September 13, 2013 TITLE: Mechanical Standard for Operating Privately Owned Cars in Amtrak Trains EQUIPMENT TYPE MAINTENANCE TYPE All Passenger Trains L – Locomotive Locomotives Cars C – Cars All Locomotives All Cars X All Types C All Maintenance – L/C Acela HST Power Car Acela Baggage Daily – L/C AEM-7 Amfleet I Cafe 30 Day – C Cab Car: (Under Cars) Amfleet II Coach Quarterly –L/C Car Movers Auto Carrier Diner Semi-Annual – L/C Commuter Commuter Dinette Annual – L/C F59PHI Freight Lounge 720 Day – L GP38-3 Heritage HEP Sleeper COT&S – C GP15D Horizon Other: Initial Terminal – L/C HHP8 Material Handling Cars Intermediate Terminal – L/C MP15 X Private Cars Modification – L/C Non Powered Control Units Superliner I Overhaul – L/C P32-8 Superliner II Running Repair – L/C P32AC-DM Surfliner Seasonal – C P-40 Talgo Wheels – L/C P-42 Turboliner Facility SW1001 Viewliner Other: SW1200 X Other: Railroad Business Cars SW1500 Turboliner Talgo Other: 1.0 PURPOSE This document describes the Amtrak Mechanical Department requirements for the handling in Amtrak trains of privately owned passenger cars, as well as railroad-owned business cars of freight carriers which have an Amtrak operating agreement. For the purpose of this document, a passenger car is defined as a vehicle meeting Association of American Railroads (AAR) or American Public Transportation Association Standard S-034 for the construction of passenger equipment cars, or similar standard for older cars, for operation in passenger train service, and does not include caboose cars, freight cars, or maintenance of way equipment. -
Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations
S. HRG. 111–983 Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Fiscal Year 2011 111th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION H.R. 5850/S. 3644 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, 2011 (H.R. 5850/S. 3644) S. HRG. 111–983 TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP- PROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 5850/S. 3644 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANS- PORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Nondepartmental witnesses Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 54–989 PDF WASHINGTON : 2011 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Chairman ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri TOM HARKIN, Iowa MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky BARBARA A. -
All Aboard Indiana October 2018
ALL INDIANA ABOARD The Official Newsletter of the Volume 5, Number 10 October 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Nickel Plate Express—A New Page Three Central Indiana Excursion Train An Amtrak Trip to Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park By Dagny Zupin, Communications Coordinator, Nickel Plate Express Please come aboard Indiana’s newest passenger rail service! Operating from Atlanta, Indiana, the Page Four Nickel Plate Express provides excursions on 12.6 miles of the historic Nickel Plate Road. Update from Save the Nickel Plate What is Nickel Plate Express? The Nickel Plate Express provides year-round excursions based in Hamilton County. They are a Page Five non-profit managed by parent company Nickel Plate Heritage Railroad. In addition to operating Commentary: Indianapolis excursions, the organization manages a 150-year-old train depot in Arcadia, IN. The depot serves Complicity on Rail as an interactive humanities museum that pays homage to the history of Hamilton County. Nickel Abandonment Reveals a Void Plate Heritage Railroad handles marketing and programming for the Nickel Plate Express, while in Regional Transit Leadership partner organization Atlanta Pacific Railroad provides operational assistance. Page Six Mission: Nickel Plate Heritage Railroad will provide a moving entertainment and education experi- Train, Vehicle Collision ence for all generations Results in Fatality on US 12, County Line Road Atlanta Pacific Railroad, LLC. Atlanta Pacific Railroad, LLC. operates rail service for the Nickel Plate Express. Atlanta Pacific is Page Seven owned by long-time railroad operator, Tom Hoback. Hoback is well known for his ownership and Lafayette Amtrak Station— management of Indiana Rail- Updates road, one of the most successful Bullets from the Board regional railroads in the country. -
State of Indiana
Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2007 State of Indiana Amtrak Service & Ridership Amtrak operates three long-distance trains through Indiana: • The Capitol Limited (daily Chicago-Waterloo-Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington, D.C.) • The Cardinal (tri-weekly Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati-New York) • The Lake Shore Limited (daily Chicago-South Bend-Cleveland-Buffalo-Boston/New York) Amtrak also operates one corridor train, the Hoosier State (four days per week Indianapolis-Lafayette- Chicago), which operates on the days that the Cardinal does not. Additionally, the Chicago-Detroit Wolverine serves Hammond-Whiting and Michigan City with three daily round trips. During FY07 Amtrak served the following Indiana locations: City Boardings + Alightings Connersville 497 Crawfordsville 4,431 Dyer 1,723 Elkhart 11,718 Hammond-Whiting 6,457 Indianapolis 29,110 Lafayette 18,483 Michigan City 1,941 Rensselaer 1,630 South Bend 15,856 Waterloo 16,217 Total Indiana Station Usage: 108,066 Procurement/Contracts Amtrak expended $9,874,137 for goods and services in Indiana in FY07. Most of this money, $6,924,792 was spent in Indianapolis. Amtrak Government Affairs: January 2008 Employment At the end of FY07, Amtrak employed 780* Indiana residents. Total wages of Amtrak employees living in Indiana were $37,754,274* during FY07. *Due to a change in methodology, FY07 employment and wage figures are not directly comparable to those reported in prior years. Major Facilities Amtrak’s principal heavy maintenance facility is located in Beech Grove, southeast of Indianapolis. Here, approximately 550 employees rebuild and overhaul Amtrak’s Superliner, Viewliner, Surfliner, Hi-Level, Heritage, and Horizon car fleets. P32, P42, and F59 locomotives also are overhauled and rebuilt here for use across the Amtrak system. -
Capital Investment Plan for Amtrak Equipment
CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR AMTRAK EQUIPMENT DEPLOYED IN STATE SUPPORTED SERVICES FY2014 – FY2018 October 14, 2014 PRIIA Section 209 Equipment Capital Work Group of the Next Generation Equipment Committee Capital Investment Program FY2014 – FY2018 Acknowledgements The development of this first Capital Investment Program (CIP) for Amtrak Equipment Deployed in State Supported Services was a collaborative effort of Amtrak, its state funding partners, and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) through the Next Generation Equipment Committee’s (NGEC’s) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) Section 209 Equipment Capital Work Group. Special thanks go to the members of the Work Group who worked to see the CIP through to completion. The members of the Work Group are: Ron Pate, WSDOT, Chair David Kutrosky, CCJPA Allan Paul, NCDOT Kerri Woehler, WSDOT Richard Jankovich, Jeff Mann, consultant to CTDOT NCDOT Jeremy Jewkes, WSDOT James Fox, CTDOT Michael Jenkins, ODOT Brent Thompson, WSDOT Jon Foster, CTDOT Andy House, AASHTO Mike Rowswell, WSDOT Marci Petterson, CTDOT LeAnna Wall, WiSDOT Mario Bergeron, Amtrak Eric Curtit, MDOT Arun Rao, WiSDOT Tom Butler, Amtrak Ray Hessinger, NYSDOT Holly Gierisch, FRA Max Johnson, Amtrak John Bell, NYSDOT Nico Lindenau, consultant Dan Ruppert, Amtrak to FRA Patricia Quinn, NNEPRA Darrell Smith, Amtrak Ashok Sundararajan, Brian Beeler II, NNEPRA consultant to FRA Nikki Rudnick, Amtrak 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ........................................ 1 Passenger Cars ............................................ -
Capital Investment Plan for Amtrak Equipment
DRAFT September 8, 2017 Major Update For acceptance by the “514” Subcommittee of the NGEC “514” PRIIA Section 209 Equipment Capital Subcommittee of the CIP for Amtrak Equipment Deployed in State Corridor Service FY2018 – FY2022 Acknowledgements The development of this Capital Investment Plan (CIP) for Amtrak Equipment Deployed in State Corridor Service was a collaborative effort of Amtrak, its state funding partners, and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) through the Next Generation Equipment Committee’s (NGEC’s) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) “514” Section 209 Equipment Capital Subcommittee. Special thanks go to the members of the Subcommittee who worked to see the CIP through to completion. The members of the Subcommittee are: Brian Beeler II, John Pagano, Mike Jenkins, NNEPRA for Maine DOT, Chair California DOT Oregon DOT John Dees, Brian Tsukamoto, Jennifer Sellers, North Carolina DOT, Vice Chair California DOT Oregon DOT Allan Paul, Tom Clark, Quentin Huckaby, North Carolina DOT CCJPA - California Texas DOT Paul Worley, David Kutrosky, Gil Wilson, North Carolina DOT CCJPA - California Texas DOT Ron Pate, Marci Petterson, Arun Rao, Washington State DOT, Past Connecticut DOT Wisconsin DOT Chair Jason Biggs, Al Johnson, Lynn Everett, Washington State DOT Michigan DOT Federal Railroad Admin. Brent Thompson, Jeff Martin, Beth Nachreiner, Washington State DOT Michigan DOT Federal Railroad Admin. Mario Bergeron, Ray Hessinger, Ashok Sundararajan, Amtrak New York State DOT FRA consultant Darrell Smith, John Bell, Shayne Gill, Amtrak New York State DOT AASHTO Tim Ziethen, Bryan Hong, Amtrak AASHTO All states are welcome and encouraged to participate in the CIP development provided that they either currently or have funded plans to use Amtrak equipment for the provision of intercity passenger rail service. -
Amtrak Station Program and Planning Guidelines 1
Amtrak Station Program and Planning Guidelines 1. Overview 5 6. Site 55 1.1 Background 5 6.1 Introduction 55 1.2 Introduction 5 6.2 Multi-modal Planning 56 1.3 Contents of the Guidelines 6 6.3 Context 57 1.4 Philosophy, Goals and Objectives 7 6.4 Station/Platform Confi gurations 61 1.5 Governing Principles 8 6.5 Track and Platform Planning 65 6.6 Vehicular Circulation 66 6.7 Bicycle Parking 66 2. Process 11 6.8 Parking 67 2.1 Introduction 11 6.9 Amtrak Functional Requirements 68 2.2 Stakeholder Coordination 12 6.10 Information Systems and Way Finding 69 2.3 Concept Development 13 6.11 Safety and Security 70 2.4 Funding 14 6.12 Sustainable Design 71 2.5 Real Estate Transactional Documents 14 6.13 Universal Design 72 2.6 Basis of Design 15 2.7 Construction Documents 16 2.8 Project Delivery methods 17 7. Station 73 2.9 Commissioning 18 7.1 Introduction 73 2.10 Station Opening 18 7.2 Architectural Overview 74 7.3 Information Systems and Way Finding 75 7.4 Passenger Information Display System (PIDS) 77 3. Amtrak System 19 7.5 Safety and Security 78 3.1 Introduction 19 7.6 Sustainable Design 79 3.2 Service Types 20 7.7 Accessibility 80 3.3 Equipment 23 3.4 Operations 26 8. Platform 81 8.1 Introduction 81 4. Station Categories 27 8.2 Platform Types 83 4.1 Introduction 27 8.3 Platform-Track Relationships 84 4.2 Summary of Characteristics 28 8.4 Connection to the station 85 4.3 Location and Geography 29 8.5 Platform Length 87 4.4 Category 1 Large stations 30 8.6 Platform Width 88 4.5 Category 2 Medium Stations 31 8.7 Platform Height 89 4.6 Category 3 Caretaker Stations 32 8.8 Additional Dimensions and Clearances 90 4.7 Category 4 Shelter Stations 33 8.9 Safety and Security 91 4.8 Thruway Bus Service 34 8.10 Accessibility 92 8.11 Snow Melting Systems 93 5. -
Capital Investment Plan for Amtrak Equipment
FINAL October 27, 2015 As Accepted by the NGEC “514” PRIIA Section 209 Equipment Capital Subcommittee of the CIP for Amtrak Equipment Deployed in State Corridor Service FY2016 – FY2020 Acknowledgements The development of this Capital Investment Plan (CIP) for Amtrak Equipment Deployed in State Corridor Service was a collaborative effort of Amtrak, its state funding partners, and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) through the Next Generation Equipment Committee’s (NGEC’s) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) “514” Section 209 Equipment Capital Subcommittee. Special thanks go to the members of the Subcommittee who worked to see the CIP through to completion. The members of the Subcommittee are: Ron Pate, Mike Jenkins, Marci Petterson, Washington State DOT, Chair Oregon DOT Connecticut DOT Jason Biggs, Jennifer Sellers, John Pagano, Washington State DOT Oregon DOT California DOT Jeremy Jewkes, Quentin Huckaby, Brian Tsukamoto, Washington State DOT Texas DOT California DOT Mario Bergeron, Gil Wilson, David Kutrosky, Amtrak Texas DOT CCJPA - California Tom Butler, Allan Paul, Ashok Sundararajan, Amtrak North Carolina DOT FRA consultant Darrell Smith, Ray Hessinger, Shayne Gill, Amtrak New York State DOT AASHTO Arun Rao, John Bell, Bryan Hong, Wisconsin DOT New York State DOT AASHTO Brian Beeler II, NNEPRA for Maine DOT All states are welcome and encouraged to participate in the CIP development provided that they either currently or have funded plans to use Amtrak equipment for the provision of intercity passenger rail service. Note About the Cover: F40 Cab/Baggage Car – NPCU number 90208 out of the paint shop while undergoing its capital overhaul in September 2015. -
New Viewliners - - Rolling Out!
NScale New Viewliners - - Rolling Out! The Viewliner ® II is scheduled to be Amtrak ®’s newest You can pair this new Amtrak car with your existing addition to its fleet of single-level rolling stock, with fleets of Amtrak equipment, such as the Superliner for planned rollouts of baggage cars, diners, and sleeping western service or Kato USA’s ACS-64 Electric cars all expected to enter standard service through the engines and Amfleet cars for eastern service! Kato has next few years. Of course, there’s no reason for you to a wide selection of single level equipment that is wait to add a new Baggage car to your Amtrak perfectly suited to Collection! match up with this new Baggage car, New to Kato’s lineup of N scale Amtrak equipment available through will be the Viewliner II Baggage Car - a uniquely your local hobby tooled and painted Amtrak car that’s quickly becoming store today, even a common sight on modern Amtrak trains! locomotives with pre-installed DCC! Item # Description MSRP #106-8001 N ACS-64 & Amfleet I Phase VI 5-Unit Bookcase Set $250 #106-8001-DCC N ACS-64 & Amfleet I Phase VI 5-Unit Bookcase Set w/ DCC $330 - Includes ACS-64 #621, 3 x Amfleet I Coaches, 1 x Amfleet I Cafe #106-8002 N Amfleet I Phase VI 2-Car Set A $55 - Includes 2 x Amfleet I Coaches #106-8003 N Amfleet I Phase VI 2-Car Set B $55 Right now Amtrak ® is operating 55 Viewliner ® II Baggage cars, - Includes 1 x Amfleet I Coach, 1 x Amfleet I Cafe wearing a special “Phase III heritage” paint scheme that #137-3001 N Siemens ACS-64 Amtrak #600 “David L Gunn” $150 combines the classic red-white-and-blue stripes with Amtrak’s #137-3001-DCC N Siemens ACS-64 Amtrak #600 w/ Pre-Installed DCC $230 new modern logo and the phrase “Amtrak America”. -
Rmj 200210.Pdf
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Antonio Perez President and CEO, Talgo, Inc. 1000 Second Ave., Suite 1950 Seattle, WA 98104
Antonio Perez President and CEO, Talgo, Inc. 1000 Second Ave., Suite 1950 Seattle, WA 98104 October 29, 2019 Via E-mail to [email protected] The Honorable Robert L. Sumwalt Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board 490 L’Enfant Plaza East, SW Washington DC 20594 Re: Talgo, Inc. Petition for Reconsideration of National Transportation Safety Board Investigation No. RRD18MR001, Accident Report NTSB/RAR-19/01 Dear Chairman Sumwalt: In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 845.32, Talgo, Inc. petitions the National Transportation Safety Board to reconsider several of its findings and safety recommendations and its statement of the probable cause of the injuries and fatalities sustained in the high-speed derailment of Amtrak train 501 near DuPont, Washington, on December 18, 2017. Talgo also requests an opportunity to meet with the NTSB Board Members and the NTSB investigators considering this Petition to assist in their understanding of the information contained herein. Sincerely, Antonio Perez President and CEO, Talgo, Inc. Attachments: (1) Certificate of Service (2) Talgo, Inc. Petition for Reconsideration Page 2 Chairman Sumwalt October 29, 2019 cc: The Honorable Bruce Landsberg, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board The Honorable Jennifer Homendy, Member, National Transportation Safety Board Michael Hiller, Investigator-in-Charge, National Transportation Safety Board Investigation No. RRD18MR001 Kathleen Silbaugh, General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board Scott Barrett, Party Coordinator, Federal Railroad Administration -
Rochester Amtrak Station Revitalization Study
ROCHESTER AMTRAK STATION REVITALIZATION STUDY MARCH 2002 Prepared for: Genesee Transportation Council 50 West Main Street Suite 8112 Rochester, NY 14614-1227 Prepared by: Bergmann Associates 200 First Federal Plaza 28 East Main Street Rochester, NY 14614 In conjunction with… Parsons Brinckerhoff Fisher Associates Flaum Management Aldaron, Inc. ROCHESTER AMTRAK STATION REVITALIZATION STUDY MARCH 2002 Prepared for: Genesee Transportation Council 50 West Main Street Suite 8112 Rochester, NY 14614-1227 Prepared by: Bergmann Associates 200 First Federal Plaza 28 East Main Street Rochester, NY 14614 In conjunction with… Parsons Brinckerhoff Fisher Associates Flaum Management Aldaron, Inc. …with the assistance of the Steering Committee John P. Cassellini, CSX Transportation Ed Doherty, City of Rochester Joan Dupont, NYSDOT Region 4 Robert Lenz, Empire State Passengers Association Sean Phelan, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation John Reed, NYSDOT Main Office, High Speed Rail Program Terry Rice, Monroe County DOT Michelle Robinson, Amtrak Bill Winslow, RGRTA Bergmann Associates March 2002 Rochester Amtrak Station Revitalization Study Table of Contents Title Page 1. INTRODUCTIONI NTRO D U CTI O N.................................................................................. 1 A. Purpose............................................................................................... 1 B. Community Involvement ..................................................................... 2 C. Interagency Coordination ..................................................................