Last week,
Amtrak unveiled the first of its Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) electric locomotive fleet for use on the
Northeast Corridor (NEC). On Thursday, February 6th, Vice President Joe Biden joined federal, state, local and Amtrak officials in welcoming ACS-64 #600 in Philadelphia. The following day, #600 hauled its first revenue trip on the NEC from Boston to Washington (see video below).
As part of the debut run,
RAIL Magazine Editor Rich Sampson interviewed Amtrak President & CEO Joseph Boardman onboard the train (
Northeast Regional #171) between the Baltimore Penn Station and BWI Airport stations. They discussed not only the arrival of the ACS-64 fleet, but also forthcoming equipment orders, how the railroad has attracted record ridership while reducing operating costs and the railroad's future in moving Americans from coast-to-coast. While discussing Amtrak's relatively steady position in comparison to discouraging news recently out of Canada of pending service cuts, Boardman explained that "you can't cut your way to prosperity." We couldn't agree more.
Click here to listen to the full discussion.
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