A conductor walks up the ramp inside the Boston Acela repair facility heading for either the Acela 2004-2005 express train being worked on, at left on track 4, or the brand-new HHP-8 659 on track 5. This was before all the yaw damper problems and truck assembly cracks began to appear a few months later after the trains were in service. Amtrak and builder Bombardier shook hands after their problems on the railroad and in federal court were resolved in spring 2004.

Photographed by Leo King, August 28, 2000.
Added to the photo archive by Leo King, April 28, 2004.
Railroad: Amtrak/Acela Express.

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