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Re: Amtrak may Lengthen Acela Express Trainsets to ''Meet Demand'' |
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Posted by Deaks on Thu Aug 28 13:33:30 2008, in response to Re: Amtrak may Lengthen Acela Express Trainsets to ''Meet Demand'', posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu Aug 28 13:20:16 2008. They are only nine-car trains for the moment, but never mind. It was because (as I remember) a set of points/switches moved when the train was passing over them at about 100mph and the it ended up off the tracks and down an embankment. One or two cars were wrecked but the others were OK/could be fixed. However each car is very 'particular' and contains specific equipment, thus the train could not be used without the wrecked cars. It was written off by the insurance company; the cars that were OK are, I believe, now used by Virgin as stationary training vehicles.See here. |
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