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Article: Amtrak Restores 2 Acela Trains
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- August 14, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Two Acela Express trains returned to service under
a stepped-up inspection schedule Wednesday while Amtrak raced to fix
an equipment problem that kept the rest of the high-speed fleet sidelined
for a second day.
Amtrak planned to reactivate three other Acela Express trains Thursday,
bringing the working fleet to five.
The passenger railroad owns 18 of the bullet-nosed trains, which run
along the Boston-New York-Washington corridor at speeds up to 150
mph. Until this week, Amtrak typically sent 15 of the trains into
duty each day.
All 18 trains, important moneymakers for Amtrak, were pulled from
service Tuesday after inspectors ...