[wideminded]

Cracks were found in the Talgo trainsets owned by WSDOT and operated by Amtrak. They have been taken out of service, and Amtrak is scrambling to find spare equipment from back east to fill in the gaps.

I always thought it was a little odd that they were relying on Spanish technology.

[Publius]

Concerning Spanish technology:

You can choose from Canadian, Swedish, French, German or Spanish technology. (America doesn't manufacture passenger railcars anymore.) Spanish technology was chosen because the Renfre-Talgo cars tilt on curves, thus permitting higher speeds on a rather curvy line.