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2025

Photograph, Christopher Johnson and Guy Sick inspecting a high-speed Avelia Liberty power car before installing the wheels and frame under the train

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Christopher Payne and subject: Alstom.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Christopher Payne as part of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

It is dated 2025. Its medium is digital pigment print. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


Alstom’s Avelia Liberty trainsets are in service in 2025 as Amtrak’s "NextGen Acela" train on the Northeast Corridor line between Boston, New York, and Washington, DC.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 101.6 × 134.6 cm (40 × 53 in.) H x W (framed dimensions): 106.7 × 139.7 cm (42 × 55 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

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