Talk:Acela/Talk:Acela archive

This is an archive of the Talk:Acela page, the talk page for the Acela article, which was merged with Acela Express per the below discussion. Please do not modify it. Start any new discussions on the Talk:Acela Express page.

Clockers
This article appears to contradict Clocker (Amtrak) about whether or not the name "Acela Commuter" was ever actually used. -- Beland 04:15, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Menu added
I'm going to justify this. Another user created the menu on Amtrak, from which it was subsequently removed. I think it adds to this page, though. It adds a certain (ah hem) flavor to the description of the service. - Denimadept (talk) 21:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

merge into Acela Express
The heading claims "This article is about the use of Acela as a brand" but it seems more of a POV fork. I don't see a need for two articles.--agr (talk) 12:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Support-The Acela brand used to include the train that is today known as the Northeast Regional (Amtrak). Today, the Acela brand only refers to the Acela Express. There is no longer a need for two articles. Murjax (talk) 03:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * To disamb - make this page mention the 3 different brands, and link to them. Wongm (talk) 02:15, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.  JGHowes talk  -  15:47, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Support I know this has nothing to do with official WP guidelines and policies, but when I first wandered onto the articles a few weeks ago it took me a while to realize that they were not in fact the same articles. Now, to get to the authentic issue, they seem rooted in the same subject and I just don't see the need to have one on the 'brand' since it's only applied to one train service. All that's really needed is to mention in a few sentences that the 'Acela' name was originally applied to more than one service..and then it was changed shortly after. NcSchu ( Talk ) 19:30, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Strongly agree - given there is no opposition at this point, I suggest this merge proceed as suggested. Eusebeus (talk) 15:31, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Strongly support I would like the merge to happen this month, and I intend to accomplish this on or about November 15. --KJRehberg (talk) 14:45, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Dubious
The note about the trip from DC to Boston would have been 4:45 is very dubious and the math to figure that out and the source for the assumption must be cited. In addition, the article repeatedly confuses the idea that the trains either can "achieve 125 mph" or that they "average 125 mph." --KJRehberg (talk) 18:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

So where does this word "acela" come from?
The word Acela is sometimes pronounced a certain way "in keeping with the name's derivation" - but what is the derivation? Where did the word acela come from? the article has nothing about this - in fact i only discovered the word today in an article about the electoral college to describe the NE states area(ish), and was slightly surprised to google it and find only stiff about trains. What's an acela? An acronym? Totnesmartin (talk) 18:04, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The word "Acela" is derived from the word "Acceleration". It says this in another article about the Acela, found here. As you see in this talk page, we are going to be merging these articles. Murjax (talk) 21:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. Totnesmartin (talk) 19:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

A map is needed
1) where is the map ? (thank you)

2) FiveThirtyEight uses "acela" in the sense of "US regional unit" : must be told here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.56.241.75 (talk) 07:51, 31 October 2008 (UTC)