Acela PhV Power Car (front)

Acela PhV Power Car (front)

Acela Express
Amtrak unveiled the Acela brand on March 9, 1999. The name, conceived by the New York branding firm IDEO, is intended to reflect a combination of 'acceleration' and 'excellence'. The Acela brand now covers the entire range of NEC services and is not limited to the Acela Express service. The Acela Express name replaced the marketing name American Flyer, previously used by the Bombardier consortium.

The first Acela Express entered testing at the Pueblo, Colorado Transportation Test Center in mid 1999. The second, meanwhile, was in testing on the NEC. The trains were supposed to enter service in late 1999 and be phased in over the following year, but additional technical problems, first with excessive wheel wear and later with defective bolts and other assorted issues pushed back initial service to December 2000. The Acela Express cuts the Boston - New York run to 3:23 (from 4 to 5 hours), and the New York to Washington run (the territory of Amtrak's 125 mph Metroliners until the introduction of Acela) to 2:45 from three hours. Amtrak expects this to attract many customers who currently use airline shuttles or drive.
Mesh Tolaris, mesh/config edit and script GM, reskin PerRock

Author: Peter Hochgraf

Acela PhV Power Car (front)
• acela.gse 563 bytes
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_0a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_0b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_0b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_1a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_1a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_1b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_1b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_2a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_2a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_2b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_2b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_3a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_3a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_3b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_3b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_4a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_4a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_4b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_4b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_5a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_5a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_5b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_5b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_6a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_6a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_6b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_6b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_7a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_7a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_7b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_7b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_8a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_8a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_8b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_8b.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_9a.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_9a.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_9b.texture.txt 65 bytes
alphanumber_9b.tga 16.04KB
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_art
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_art_icon.texture.txt 132 bytes
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_art_icon.tga 32.02KB
dls_thumbnail.jpg 22.03KB
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_body
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_body.im 287.96KB
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_body.lm.txt 209 bytes
back.texture.txt 27 bytes
back.tga 48.02KB
cross-section.texture.txt 36 bytes
cross-section.tga 3.02KB
digit_3a.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_3a.tga 786 bytes
digit_3b.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_3b.tga 786 bytes
digit_4a.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_4a.tga 786 bytes
digit_4b.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_4b.tga 786 bytes
digit_5a.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_5a.tga 786 bytes
digit_5b.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_5b.tga 786 bytes
digit_6a.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_6a.tga 786 bytes
digit_6b.texture.txt 33 bytes
digit_6b.tga 786 bytes
env_display.texture.txt 34 bytes
env_display.tga 786 bytes
env_nec.texture.txt 30 bytes
env_nec.tga 48.02KB
face_eng.texture.txt 31 bytes
face_eng.tga 12.02KB
face_fire.texture.txt 32 bytes
face_fire.tga 12.02KB
grey.bmp 3.05KB
grey.texture.txt 27 bytes
hull_512-hull_512.png 7.38MB
hull_512-hull_512.texture.txt 40 bytes
interior_low-poly-interior_low-poly.texture.txt 132 bytes
interior_low-poly-interior_low-poly.tga 64.02KB
pantograph.bmp 6.05KB
pantograph.texture.txt 33 bytes
ridge.texture.txt 28 bytes
ridge.tga 12.02KB
seat_low-poly.texture.txt 36 bytes
seat_low-poly.tga 12.02KB
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_shadow
amtrak_acelaex_hsel_shadow.im 7.81KB
black.texture.txt 28 bytes
black.tga 786 bytes
• config.txt 5.33KB