Re:Amtrak's New Acela Trains Are Here. They're Moving Slower...
by bombcar on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:55PM
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A passenger train in the USA weighs about 1000 tons, plus another 150 or so tons of locomotive, before we add the passengers (seating 80 per car and about 11 cars for 880 passengers).
That’s about a ton per passenger.