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[US] Alstom redevelops exterior and livery design: The new Amtrak Acela high
speed trains will look like this
Written by Railcolor Headquarters on 08.10.2017 in Alstom, Alstom Avelia,
Alstom Avelia Liberty Amtrak
On 06.10.2017, Amtrak revealed the exterior paint scheme for the 28
next-generation high-speed trainsets that will replace the equipment
currently used to provide Amtrak’s premium Acela Express service. Amtrak
announced in August 2016 that it selected Alstom to produce the
next-generation trainsets.
Railcolor: We see new design sketches provided by Alstom, and a scale model
of a train in a new color scheme. The livery has changed considerably since
the concept design train was presented back in 2016. The blue color tone is
now Amtrak’s blue, and black is gone. Instead, we see much more white, on
the power-cars’ sides and over the while train around the window areas. It
gives the train a more ‘open’ look, friendlier, but also less advanced.
Like the trains that will be replaced, the new Alstom trains will be running
under the ‘Acela’ brand. The Acela logos to be applied will mono-color
instead of having a gradient. It will be combined with blue red and white
decoration formed by small triangles, that still looks like a gradient from a
distance. These triangles can be found on the motorcars and around the
entrance door sections. The first class section features a red painted door,
the others are grey. This grey color only re-appears on the nose of the
train. Most distinct livery feature are the red-painted bottom sections of
the train.
The new Acela train by Alstom. Note the red bottom sections. Render: ALSTOM
SA 2017. Design&Styling
The exterior design of the concept as presented in 2016. c Alstom SA, 2016 c
Meconopsis by Trimaran. All rights reserved. Avelia Liberty high-speed train.
Exterior design changes
Not only the livery has evolved, the exterior design did too. The motor-cars
are still short, compact but have a more conventional design. The front
window design Alstom is nowadays using on many of its modern EMUs since the
introduction of the AGV, has disappeared. The V-shaped windows that were
visually connected with the sides of the train (we see something similar on
the Alstom Coradia Streamer and Pendolino Evo designs) are not there anymore.
The first class entrance – Render: ALSTOM SA 2017. Design&Styling
In general we see a more conventional design, where different elements are
less a unity compared to the concept design. The front cab side windows have
no relation to any other element anymore. Same can be said about the
grey-colored TGV-shaped nose section. It is not very distinctive anymore, nor
typically Alstom. A familiar design element that did stay though is the
aerodynamically shaped skirt that covers the first bogie of the power-car.
160 mph tilting trains
The train ordered by Amtrak, is called ‘Avelia Liberty’ Alstom, Avelia
being the umbrella brand for all the high speed and very high speed trains
Alstom is building. The Amtrak trains will be tilting trains – featuring the
‘Tiltronix anticipative tilting technology’ – and will be running at a
maximum speed of 257 km/h (160 mph). The 28 nine-car sets will be deployed on
the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Boston and Washington DC. If needed,
Amtrak can decide to add extra intermediate sections to the trains.
摘要：
1.配色改的比较明亮
2.确认继续使用acela列车名
3.前挡玻璃改为传统形式而非多片式
4.营运最大速率为160mph(257kph)
P.S.正式上路后不知道有多长的距离可以喷257？