Erik H. Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> JOHN Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Talgo is supposed to maintain these trains for
> their own standards and not to the mediocre
> > Amtrak State of Good Repair.
>
> You mean like those nylon straps that failed well
> below their rated strength that Talgo's own highly
> paid maintenance forces failed to address?
>
> What about the fact that the Cascades is the ONLY
> TRAIN IN THE ENTIRE AMTRAK SYSTEM THAT IS REQUIRED
> TO HAVE A MANUFACTURER MECHANIC ONBOARD EACH AND
> EVERY TRAIN?
>
> Let me guess. John is a Talgo employee. And if
> the train was so safe, three people wouldn't have
> died.


If you would bother to do some research, you would find:
1) Having a tech on board is NOT "required" by anyone -- it is a feature of Talgo's maintenance program.
2) As a result of the quality of Talgo's product & maintenance program, the availability of its trainsets has been running 98-99% -- considerably better than anything else run by Amtrak.
3) There have been accidents involving Superliner & Amfleet equipment in which significantly more than 3 people have died.

And no, I don't work for Talgo either.