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Originally Posted by ardecila
I thought tilting trainsets were fairly impractical in the US because they require a much higher level of maintenance? Otherwise we would have seen them a long time ago.
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The Acela Express trainsets are tilting, though restricted on certain parts of the NEC due to clearance issues. I think the general lack of tilting trains in the US has more to do with the limited speeds that most of our passenger network operates at and the loooong times in between equipment replacement. IIRC, all the new Talgo cars purchased for Amtrak will be tilting models also.