Sophie Reid climbs aboard one of Amtrak’s new ACS-64 City Sprinters to uncover the science behind the new fleet of locomotives. Amtrak has unveiled five gleaming new ACS-64 City Sprinter engines. The ...

Amtrak said early May 13 the first of 70 ACS-64 (Amtrak Cities Sprinter, 6.4 MW/8,320 hp) electric locomotives for the Northeast Corridor rolled off the Siemens Mobility assembly line in Sacramento, ...

Amtrak's ACS64 Cities Sprinter locomotive is fully digitally controlled, has solid state equipment, and is designed to recover the energy it uses.

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.

FILE- In this May 13, 2013, file photo one of the new Amtrak Cities Sprinter Locomotive makes a demonstration run during unveiling ceremonies at the Siemens Rails Systems factory in Sacramento ...

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., ...

Amtrak President Roger Harris speaks in front of the first Amtrak Airo train car at the Siemens Mobility manufacturing facility in Sacramento on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

The first of the new Amtrak Cities Sprinter locomotives is expected to be delivered by Siemens in February 2013. Part presentation, part pep rally, the Friday announcement drew local and federal ...

Northeast Corridor, meet your new locomotives: Amtrak's Cities Sprinter, a new electric locomotive built by Siemens and commissioned in 2010 for half a billion dollars, has arrived on the East ...

Siemens gushes about the new tech it built into the Sprinter. The locomotive has positive train control, which can slow down the train automatically if the driver is not able to.

In a special ceremony in Philadelphia on Thursday, Amtrak unveiled the newest addition to its fleet — the Amtrak Cities Sprinter Locomotive.

One of the new Amtrak Cities Sprinter Locomotive makes a demonstration run during unveiling ceremonies at the Siemens Rails Systems factory in Sacramento, Calif. Monday, May 13, 2013. The new ...