FIRST LOOK / Brightline’s New Siemens Mobility Trainsets

The newest Venture trainset for Brightline debuted Sept. 28 at the Siemens Mobility North American manufacturing headquarters in Sacramento, Calif.; it will depart for South Florida next week. 

A second new trainset is expected to leave California a few weeks later and arrive in Orlando in mid-November. 

Brightline, Florida’s private-sector passenger rail operator, placed a Phase 2 trainset order with Siemens Mobility for its planned extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando. It includes five sets—each comprising four coaches and two Charger diesel-electric locomotives (one at each end)—plus an additional Charger unit. The Chargers meet Tier 4 emissions standards with Cummins QSK95 prime-movers. The order also includes an option for 30 additional coaches.

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