{"id":36981,"date":"2014-02-07T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T18:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/amtrak-launches-new-locos-at-bostons-south-station\/"},"modified":"2014-02-07T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T18:59:52","slug":"amtrak-launches-new-locos-at-bostons-south-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/amtrak-launches-new-locos-at-bostons-south-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak launches new loco at Boston\u2019s South Station","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23427\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23427 \" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"fontes_boardman_weldon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fontes_boardman_weldon.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"627\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman, center, joins engineer Arthur Fontes, left, and conductor and Vice Local Chairperson Chris Weldon (262) on the platform of Boston&#8217;s South Station for the first revenue trip of one of Amtrak&#8217;s 70 new electric advanced technology locomotives. Weldon and Fontes were the first crew members out of Boston on the new ACS-64, which will operate on the passenger carrier&#8217;s Northeast Corridor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amtrak will launch the first of a fleet of new locomotives out of Boston\u2019s South Station on Friday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The 70 new locomotives have advanced technology and modern equipment that company officials hope will provide more reliable service.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/2014\/02\/06\/amtrak-launch-first-locomotive-fleet-from-south-station\/yYshPFMUcRPPQ2wfNZvrWI\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amtrak will launch the first of a fleet of new locomotives out of Boston\u2019s South Station on Friday, officials said. 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