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Article: Acela trains off track at least until summer.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2005
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Byline: DONNA DE LA CRUZ Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Amtrak will not be able to run any of its high-speed trains until the summer because of delays in getting replacement parts to correct brake problems on Acela Express cars, railroad officials said Wednesday.
"The earliest you'll see trains back in service will be sometime in the summer and then you'll see a gradual return," said Amtrak's chief executive officer, David Gunn. "What will control that is the availability of parts."
Amtrak's chief operating officer, Bill Crosbie, said there must be agreement on how long the new brakes will last.
The brakes were to last 1 million miles; ...