Ross Hall Wrote:
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> Are these safety exemptions in addition to the ones already in place for the existing Talgo sets? Seems these things are one giant exception to the rules.


The Federal Register notice states:

The Talgo Series 8 trainsets currently in operation have been in service since 2013 and are therefore exempt from the requirements of §§ 238.131(b) and 238.133 because they were ordered prior to April 5, 2016 and placed into service prior to February 5, 2018. The Talgo Series 8 trainsets to be leased are identical to the Series 8 trainsets currently in operation. The relief would apply only to the trainsets to be leased from Talgo that have never been placed in service.

These regulations pertain to things like door status lights in the coaches and in the locomotive. The rationale is that the crews have operated safely with the existing equipment built prior to the regulation and so these trains (built prior but never put into service) should not present unnecessary risk.