Erik H. Is a douchebag.

Dragoman Wrote:
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> Erik H. Wrote:
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> > JOHN Wrote:
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> > > 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.