ORLANDO, Fla. — Brightline has welcomed the arrival of two new trainsets at its Orlando Vehicle Maintenance Facility.
The “Bright Green 2” and “Bright Pink 2” trainsets arrived Thursday, the third and fourth trains from the passenger operator’s second round of equipment purchases to arrive on site in Florida. The first train arrived in West Palm Beach in October 2021; the second, Bright Blue 2, was the first to be housed at the Vehicle Maintenance Facility when it arrived in February 2022. A fifth and final trainset will arrive later this year.
The four-car, two-locomotive trainsets departed the Siemens Rolling Stock facility in Sacramento, Calif., on July 8. Their arrival in Orlando concludes a 3,000-mile, 10-state trip.
Brightline says the project extending its route from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Orlando will reach “substantial completion” in early 2023. A Trains Magazine report updating progress on the Orlando extension, “Brightline’s Big Build,” appears in the September 2022 issue.
And it didnt derail enroute too!