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vthokie
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Does anyone else here share the opinion that the Acela Express trains look much better when the locos have their roof shrouds? It's a shame that they all seem to be missing now. I wonder if they'll ever come up with replacements that don't fall off after a few months of use. And I wonder why they don't seem to be falling off of the HHP-8's like they have on the Acela Express locomotives...
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Yes, me. They look abominable without them. They've been running without them for about a month now. Not good PR for Amtrak, having relatively new equipment having the appearance of premature decay.
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What are roof shrouds? Anyone have with/without photos they can post?

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With...
http://lib2.clark.cc.oh.us/amtrak/amtACELA/amt2019d.jpg
http://www.jefflubchanskycpa.com/AMT2005PHLLY2-2-02DGI11.jpg

Without...
http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/ampix/acela-2004s1-tacony-4-20-00.jpg
http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/ampix/acela2004s1aa1-fjct-4-20-00.jpg

Side by side comparison - with and without...
http://www.jefflubchanskycpa.com/AMT2033BWIMD-JU7-02DG275.jpg


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Have they fallen off or been removed for some reason?

After viewing the photos, I had to go back to see if the one we rode in June was with or without. Sure enough, it was without.

Now I feel cheated...

Mark

[This message has been edited by mho357 (edited 07-10-2002).]


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I still think the worst blight to Acela's appearance is the blotch paint scheme.

I'll gladly trade roof shrouds to have a frigging horizontal stripe somewhere on there. Looks like a nursery-school wall.


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