Actually.... Bombardier makes the SNCF trains. They incorporated the technology into the Acela trains (d'oh)... the only change is in the bogies between the passenger cars... the FTA wouldn;t allow cars to be linked like that in the U.S.
This is just the next generation. The Acela trains are both electric and diesel... This engine is better as it runs without caternary wires.
I want to take one from Toronto to Montreal or Chichago... and for the noise... it could possibly be muffled, but atleast it is at the head of the train, not in the middle of the passenger compartment like on airplanes.
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Actually.... Bombardier makes the SNCF trains. They incorporated the technology into the Acela trains (d'oh)... the only change is in the bogies between the passenger cars... the FTA wouldn;t allow cars to be linked like that in the U.S. This is just the next generation. The Acela trains are both electric and diesel... This engine is better as it runs without caternary wires. I want to take one from Toronto to Montreal or Chichago... and for the noise... it could possibly be muffled, but atleast it is at the head of the train, not in the middle of the passenger compartment like on airplanes.