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Siemens ACS-64
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2012· American built electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Amtrak 601 (14302229162): Mike Kam· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Northbound Crescent at Wilmington, Delaware, March 2021: Fan Railer· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ACS-64 first revenue run approaching Readville: Pi.1415926535· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Amtrak ACS-64 601: Nathan D. Holmes· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SEPTA ACS-64 910 inbound departing Hatboro Station: Dough4872· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 05.05.26 Washington Union 634: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 2017 BWI Rail Station 02: Farragutful· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 20210515 46 Amtrak, Wilmington, Delaware: David Wilson· CC BY 2.0
- 9. 20210515 47 Amtrak, Wilmington, Delaware: David Wilson· CC BY 2.0
- 10. 20210515 50 Amtrak, Wilmington, Delaware: David Wilson· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Siemens ACS-64, or Amtrak Cities Sprinter, is an electric locomotive designed by Siemens Mobility for use on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) and the Keystone Corridor in the northeastern United States. The design was based on locomotives Siemens created for use in Europe and Asia, but with changes to comply with American standards. The ACS-64 is built at the Siemens factory in Florin, California, located outside of Sacramento.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 14 years ago, in 2012.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 6.4 MW is about 75 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012–2018
- in service from
- 2014
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Amtrak, SEPTA Regional Rail
- top speed
- 217 km/h
- power
- 6.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3 Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system, 25 kV 60 Hz AC, 3 Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad…
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 20.3 m
- weight
- 97.8 t
- nicknames
- Sprinters
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q697211, Wikipedia: Siemens ACS-64 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.