Talgo (officially Patentes Talgo, SAU) is a Spanish manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high-speed passenger trains. Talgo is an abbreviation of Tren Articulado Ligero Goicoechea Oriol (English: Lightweight articulated train Goicoechea Oriol ).

Mar 1, 2021 · The Talgo Series 6 trainsets were deemed unsafe following the fatal 2017 Amtrak Cascades wreck in Washington.

May 24, 2019 · SEATTLE – The first response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s report on the 2017 Amtrak Cascades derailment is the Washington State Department of Transportation’s decision to remove Talgo Series 6 trainsets from service “as soon as possible.”

Mar 12, 2021 · Two Amtrak Cascades Talgo Series VI trainsets’ final resting place before scrapping is Coast Rail Services in Anaheim, Calif., as seen on March 6, 2021. The distinctive passive-tilt equipment, owned by Washington, was removed from service at the end of June 2020, along with two trainsets owned by Amtrak.

May 23, 2019 · Of the six Amtrak Cascades trains that run between Eugene, Oregon, and Vancouver, B.C, four are Talgo Series VI trains, in service since 1999. The NTSB found the …

Feb 21, 2023 · The last surviving Amtrak Cascades Talgo Series VI car will be preserved at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Wash. This month, Bistro Car 7304 was trucked across the country from Indiana, where the former Cascades trainsets were …

Jul 16, 2020 · USA: Washington State Department of Transportation has withdrawn its 1998-built Talgo VI trainsets used to operate the Amtrak Cascades services between Eugene, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, ahead of the procurement of replacement rolling stock.

Mar 1, 2025 · As of June 30, 2020, all Series 6 Talgos are out of service. Mt. Hood's final run occurred on Sunday and Monday, June 28-29 as train 505/500, the only Amtrak Cascade running at the time due to COVID-19-induced service reductions.

Feb 23, 2023 · The Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA, has acquired the last remaining car, bistro (cafe-lunch counter) #7304, from the older Talgo "Series 6" articulated trainsets from the Amtrak Cascades regional service. The four surviving Series 6 sets had been retired in the aftermath of the derailment at DuPont (Nisqually Junction), WA, in ...

Feb 28, 2021 · A special move of Talgo Series 6 trainsets owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation heads south along Puget Sound at University Place, Wash., on BNSF’s Seattle Sub on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. The equipment is bound for a scrap dealer in Southern California. (Steve Carter)