Hmm Wrote:
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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.
>
>
>
> May 22, 2019 update
> Talgo Series 6 trainsets
>
> WSDOT will work with Amtrak to follow the National
> Transportation Safety Board recommendation to
> remove the Talgo Series 6 trainsets from service
> as soon as possible. Amtrak is working with WSDOT
> to determine how to address equipment needs moving
> forward and how we’ll provide Amtrak Cascades
> service without the Talgo Series 6 trains. There
> are four Talgo Series 6 trainsets currently in
> service, two sets owned by WSDOT and two sets
> owned by Amtrak. Evaluating what alternative
> passenger equipment is available and how scheduled
> train service in the Pacific Northwest is affected
> will inform our next steps.
>

Hey, lets spend millions of dollars to shave a couple minutes off the trip, then have some idiot crash the very first train and now we're going to replace the trainsets with slower @#$%& so it takes just as much time as it did before, if not more. Govt. at its finest.