electricron wrote:east point wrote:Oregon could probably have Amtrak disconnect the appropriate car ( if they exist ) place them on flat cars and send them to Seattle to replace any damaged ?
There's really no need to do that, there were "spare" Talgo cars already ready for substitution in the area.
Just like the Wisconsin's two train sets had three spare cars; cab-baggage, end coach, and Bistro.
How many spare cars are remaining in Seattle I have no clue. But there should be some.
No, there was not sufficient spare Talgo cars. The train sat out of service at King Street Station for several months; it has since been trucked to Wisconsin for possible repairs.
Amtrak is already substituting a Seattle-Vancouver train with Superliner equipment.
It appears Portland-Eugene is now being subbed with two Horizon coaches (with no cafe or baggage car service).
The trainset that was damaged on Monday...some of the pictures show the cars are literally ripped apart. There might be a couple cars that might be able to be salvaged but several of the cars are too far gone, missing sides/roofs, massive damage to the articulation joint, etc.