Ive thought about it as the current scheme looks about as good as the models design lol. but not in the forseeable future, i have three mods planned (MILW streamlined trainset with the dome and hiawatha obs cars, the 4449 SP GS-4, and SP trainset with articulated cars and the 3/4 dome) and then starting to update my other mods for tpf3.

Any chance you could make a reskin that matches the model shown in the original ads for the Avelia? Much more of a fan of the concept model than the current one

The acceleration is still pretty slow. Game is telling me top speed in 8 min/16 mi. Do I need to update this mod?

ya i know i mean it should go up to 350 because thats what it goes up to without tilting

there's no tilting mechanism as the game does not have active tilting support itself, live with it

Oh and the top speed is wrong its 350km/h without tilting not 290. 260 is with tilting

Awh, don't be so hard on it. It has a bit of an odd duckling look, yeah! But it's just different.

chance*

any change of a brightline train?

but will the train be that long on the NEC? I thought platforms werent so big? when i se test footage seems smaller? not sure

For the record i love the train model, totally disagree there lol

what year is your save? doesnt unlock until 2021

doesnt work/show up in game? on europe ?

its on the alstom/amtrak website. one of them anyway

its 160 mph with titlting 350 km/h without titlting u should change to those specs if possible

i like platypus but this design was absolutely horrid. its right up there with CNWs crandall cab. if you want a good platypus looking loco, japan did a good one with the N700

honestly this platypus's looks have me developing a weird softspot for it's platypusness

Asking gets you way farther ;)

add the beamliner the florida high speed rail

nah Euro stuff isnt my specialty or in my line of interests, sorry!

Hi, awesome addition!
Do you plan on making the TGV-M version (newest TGV)? You could add Angier's duplex cars to the Avelia locomotive and some repaint is also needed, but is it possible to create such mod?

I have it set for 2021

what year does this unlock?

Don't think the train will ever get an american horn. Legally it isn't viable. Why? Thats because the Avelia cab is CRAMPED and cant make space because of the anti climbers and crash protection equipment. Here's a pictures, as you can see there's barely any space for a K5, let alone the other components needed to harbor a airchime horn. https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/new_acela_2_johnston.jpg

Yeah Alstom is French. And agreed the horn is terrible, I thought you were saying the in game sounds were wrong 😂

Yeah i know. that's what i said. it has a Euro Horn. i am guessing from some French/German train. idk , i am not from Euro-land. lol
I'm Murican ! hahaha

Oh it definitely has a horn, but it doesn't have an American sounding horn.
https://youtu.be/jTrpklOKvSQ

All Amtrak trains have a horn. All american trains have a horn and a Bell. It's law.
Along with Wig-Wag lights , and a Bell that sounds/Flashes when the horn is activated.

doesnt have an american horn in real life haha

This needs a American Horn.
Amtrak has a unique horn. Nice other wise. i have about 25 of these running around.

No idea. Didn't design it, and I just took the vanilla's model and gave it the current scheme.

Why r there three lights on the top?

same as the vanilla, i think 2019

What year does it unlock ?? that might be good info to put in the 'Details' .

I personally think it isn't that ugly, but i definitely think the Acela Express looks much better in terms of design. Good mod!

@n.chiri the first renders had additional pieces on the locomotive for a smoother transition of one of the kinks at least, but those dissapeared for some reason over the further design process. The newer double decker version for the french market looks as bad as the Avelia as well.

I've heard they have to keep the european horn because all american horns are too big to fit into the front

there seriously still holding onto the european style horn? that certainly makes it... unique.. at least,

Get out of here with your logic!

I think the mismatch between the profiles of the power cars and coaches is because the coaches do have a tilting mechanism, but the power cars don't. This created a problem with aerodynamics that forced them to design the coaches in a way that doesn't mess up with the air flow that much when they are tilted.

dude its an abomination through and through. the original acela looked good! it was also made by alstom, so i dont understand how they screwed it up so bad. and then the horn....

my favourite part is how on the real train the passenger car profile doesn't even match the locomotives

Fixed it! The tractive effort was wrong, I fixed it from 100 to 360

Thanks for the Reskin! But could you please check the pwoer stats etc. again? It takes ages till it gets past 30 km/h etc :)

Ah, yeah. that tracks. But yeah not my model not my problem xD

@themeatballhero The front of the power car is too wide. Notice how the in-game model has three top headlights, while the real one only has too. Everything would need to be made a bit slimmer at the front.

found it: https://www.transportfever.net/filebase/entry/5099-gro%C3%9Fe-stahlbogenbr%C3%BCcke-tpf-2/

Pendolino absolutely looks better

@nikomta, looking into it! had it for so long, cant remember

Platypus you say.. In Poland we also have a train we call platypus (dziobak in polish), it's the ED250 Pendolino. But it looks much better than this Alstom made abomination.

Where can I download the railway bridge mod in the picture? Thanks

There's no amtrak model on the workshop traxmasterj

To be honest flexible tape I don't even know what's wrong with the power cars except that they're pretty basic. I wasn't gonna poor a lot of time into this, just a simple reskin