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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 7:38 am
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Originally Posted by AlanB
Acela doesn't use traditional couplers, so cars can't be easily added or subtracted.
I was wondering about that. I knew from personal observation that they're not articulated, permanently-coupled trainsets like the Talgos are, but I didn't know if they operated as one set or could be coupled/uncoupled. So it is possible (though they'd never actually do it).

Re: wxguy: "they broke the mold"...? Were they worried about someone else stealing the Acela design...?!
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