Transcript: CARPER STATEMENT ON ACELA TRAINS RETURNING TO SERVICE

Article: Amtrak stops Acela trains; passengers left ...
Providence Journal (Providence, RI);  April 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... were discovered in the brakes. All Acela trains needed to be inspected and, if necessary ... then 25. The board said the later Acela trains had all been canceled. Not knowing ... about counting on replacements for the Acela trains. "We won't know it until they actually ...

Article: Acela Trains May Return by Summer; Service ...
The Washington Post;  April 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... chief executive David L. Gunn said Acela trains will return to service as they are repaired ... scheduled to take over maintenance of Acela trains next year, Gunn said. Gunn said he ... that it was too much trouble to run Acela trains again until a comprehensive solution ...

Article: Acela trains running, but not to Providence.
Providence Journal (Providence, RI);  July 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Jul. 12--PROVIDENCE -- Amtrak's Acela trains were carrying riders between Washington ... the Acela was taken out of service. Acela trains travel as fast as 150 mph and make the ... in about 2 hours and 45 minutes. The Acela trains were manufactured by Montreal-based ...

Article: FAST ACELA TRAINS TO BE SIDELINED UNTIL THE SUMMER, ...
The Boston Globe;  April 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... mechanical problems on the high-speed Acela trains are fixed. Amtrak's senior vice president ... Alstom SA of France manufactured the Acela trains. Wabco Locomotive Products in Pennsylvania ... 12 minutes slower, on average, than Acela trains. Amtrak officials noticed even before ...

Article: Amtrak Shuts Down High-Speed Acela Trains.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... s 147 trains -- including all the Acela trains -- that run daily on the line's busy ... of any Amtrak train. Black said all Acela trains have been taken out of service, whether ... equipment breakdowns, only 74 percent of Acela trains reached their destinations within 15 ...

Transcript: Analysis: Amtrak returning half of its Acela ...
NPR Morning Edition;  August 19, 2002 ;     528 words ... ... Analysis: Amtrak returning half of its Acela trains to the rails today Host: RENEE MONTAGNE ... is returning half of its high-speed Acela trains to the rails today. Service was suspended ... work out a few other kinks with the Acela trains. Amtrak says various valves and bathroom ...

Article: Brake trouble fuels larger debate over Amtrak; Problems with ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  April 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... tracks are in such poor repair that even when the high-speed Acela trains were running, it couldn't reach its top speed of 150 miles ... On learning of the problem, Amtrak quickly pulled its Acela trains out of service. But Laney and other Amtrak officials make ...