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[quote user="oltmannd"] Check the RR news.  France is remodeling the original TGV trainsets.   They are 30 years old - just a hair younger than Amfleet, and the same age as the AEM7s.  This is a remodeling, not a rebuilt.  Basically, they are getting a new interior. So, why exactly does Amtrak need to replace their equipment? [/quote] How about politics, jobs, and a sympathetic administration?   I suspect that there are more jobs (direct and indirect) involved in assembling new equipment and scrapping the old stuff than there is in refurbishing it.  Given the nature of Amtrak, i.e. a political railroad that requires an operating subsidy of $1 for every $2 of revenue, where is the incentive to do things better, faster, cheaper?
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