On Thursday, June 2, 2016, Amtrak and Siemens marked completion of the 70th and final Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) electric locomotive at the Siemens rail manufacturing hub in Sacramento, Calif., ...

One of three Amtrak ACS-64 (Amtrak Cities Sprinter) electric locomotives from Siemens Mobility, no. 602, has begun testing on the Boston-New York-Washington Northeast Corridor and ...

Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) is an advanced electric locomotive designed and built by Siemens for the US passenger rail operator Amtrak. The Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) locomotive was unveiled ...

Some of us look at electric trains as efficient transportation almost by definition, but that's not entirely true when they consume a lot of power and give little back. Amtrak is about to strike a ...

Northeast Corridor, meet your new locomotives: Amtrak’s Cities Sprinter, a new electric locomotive built by Siemens and commissioned in 2010 The East Coast’s loss is Sacramento’s gain. The ACS-64 is ...

Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, is receiving the first of 70 electric locomotives made by Siemens AG intended to replace equipment that’s as old as 35 years. The first three ...

Amtrak passengers along the Northeast Corridor and in Pennsylvania will start seeing new hardware up front, with brand new locomotives replacing ones that are between 25 and 35 years old. The new ...

The unveiling of the shiny blue Amtrak passenger coach caused employees at the Siemens Mobility plant in Sacramento Wednesday afternoon to hug each other, take pictures with co-workers and feel good ...

Siemens has completed the first three of 70 advanced technology electric locomotives it is building in Sacramento for Amtrak, in what is the largest contract ever for local plant. Siemens has ...

A new era of more reliable and energy efficient Amtrak service for Northeast intercity rail passengers is coming down the tracks as the first of 70 advanced technology electric locomotives being built ...

Vice President Joe Biden was in Philadelphia yesterday to catch a glimpse of the first of Amtrak’s new electric locomotives and to speak in support of rail transportation and investment at Amtrak’s ...