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Not any more.The Talgo 6s that Washington and Amtrak owned were retired a couple of years ago. That was in response to the NTSB recommendations after the Nisqually wreck since the 6s were operating a under an FRA waiver because they were not FRA compliant.The Talgo 6s were sold for scrap and were scrapped some time ago.The only remaining Talgos are the two FRA compliant Talgo 8 sets bought by Oregon, which are not enough to cover the service. Horizons are the normal, regularly assigned equipment on the Cascades now and have been for awhile until the Siemens Venture cars arrive that Washington ordered for Cascades service.Do not expect to see another Talgo order for the Cascades. Aside from the economics of scale achieved in using the new standard Amtrak corridor cars there is very bad blood between WashDOT and Talgo. WashDOT won't have anything to do with them anymore.
Not any more.
The Talgo 6s that Washington and Amtrak owned were retired a couple of years ago. That was in response to the NTSB recommendations after the Nisqually wreck since the 6s were operating a under an FRA waiver because they were not FRA compliant.
The Talgo 6s were sold for scrap and were scrapped some time ago.
The only remaining Talgos are the two FRA compliant Talgo 8 sets bought by Oregon, which are not enough to cover the service. Horizons are the normal, regularly assigned equipment on the Cascades now and have been for awhile until the Siemens Venture cars arrive that Washington ordered for Cascades service.
Do not expect to see another Talgo order for the Cascades. Aside from the economics of scale achieved in using the new standard Amtrak corridor cars there is very bad blood between WashDOT and Talgo. WashDOT won't have anything to do with them anymore.
