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> What off-the-shelf cars can WSDOT find to replace
> the Talgo cars?
>
> If wonder if there is a "buy America" clause
> requiring the cars be assembled in the USA. That
> would be typical state of Washington state
> nonsense.

Buy America is a federal requirement otherwise it would be labeled "buy Washington state"

"When procuring rolling stock, which includes train control, communication, traction power equipment, and rolling stock prototypes, the cost of the components and subcomponents produced in the U.S. must be:

more than 60 percent for FY2016 and FY2017
more than 65 percent for FY2018 and FY2019
more than 70 percent for FY2020 and beyond
Final assembly for rolling stock also must occur in the U.S. Additionally, rolling stock procurements are subject to the pre-award and post-delivery Buy America audit provisions set forth in 49 U.S.C. § 5323(m) and 49 CFR part 663."