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Re: Surfline Talgo question
Author: Dragoman
Date: 08-23-2016 - 19:11

Tom McCann Wrote:
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> They should be able to use the existing facilities
> at Redondo to maintain these sets. Incidentally,
> the 31 cars in the lease include the two 14-car
> sets and three spare cars (cab/power car, end car,
> snack bar car).
>
> These sets have been stored at the Amtrak shops in
> Beech Grove, Ind. since June 2014.

Talgo insists on their own maintenance agreement with their equipment. (They believe that the Talgo's failure in US service in the 50's and 60's, with Rock Island, New Haven, etc., was in part due to poor maintenance on the part of the financially-strapped RRs.)

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  Surfline Talgo question Gov. Scott Walker 08-22-2016 - 21:40
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  Re: Surfline Talgo question Cprr 08-23-2016 - 07:25
  Re: Surfline Talgo question Dragoman 08-23-2016 - 19:11
  Re: Surfline Talgo question Dmac844 08-23-2016 - 12:07
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  Re: Surfline Talgo question Margaret (SP fan) 08-23-2016 - 22:11
  Re: Surfline Talgo question TalgoRetired 08-24-2016 - 02:49
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  Re: Surfline Talgo question Dragoman 08-24-2016 - 10:00
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