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[quote user="Paul Milenkovic"] [quote user="schlimm"] Likely part of the equipment purchase.  Perhaps also doesn't say much about the performance of the Amtrak service shop. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] The onboard Talgo tech person is a Talgo Company thing.  It is part of their corporate strategy to make their completely unique design a success in the marketplace.  With sufficiently exotic railroad equipment, what they are doing may be a necessity. Do you suppose that EMD reps accompanying the first-generation Diesels out on the road is an analogy?  I remember reading essays in Trains about the life and times of such factory reps.  Dieselization has been a roaring success in hindsight, but the first-gen Diesels had their own share of teething problems, some intrinsic to the technology, some the result of the railroads learning the ropes in how to operate and maintain them effectively. You probably know the story of the Krauss-Maffei Diesel hydraulics in the U.S..  Talgo is not taking any chances that in the future some smart-mouthed train book author will brand the Talgo Train "a failure." [/quote] I was told that the equipment was placed in service between 1994 and 1998. I understand it is being leased as opposed to being owned. I presume it is being leased by the Washington and Oregon DOTs. This seems like a long time to have a technician on every train.
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