Can anyone tell me how to pronounce Acela? And how the heck did they choose such a silly name? ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
Acela stands for "acceleration" and "excellence". You pronounce it ak'sel'a. There's a nice write up about it in TRAINS December 2000. ------------------ Drew What's that? A train horn? Sorry, gotta go!
Well, that's three pronunciations ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
I always said it a-ce-la ------------------ Theres no such thing as having to many coal hoppers or GP40-2 when you model Chessie System LONG LIVE THE KITTEN!!! LONG LIVE BIG BLUE!!! I looked at DCC... and stayed DC!