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RailHaRRy
From Amtrak via Gene Poon in e-mails 8/14:
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Amtrak Ordered to Park ExpressTrak Refrigerator Cars

On August 13, 2003, Amtrak was issued a court order that 55 of the 111
ExpressTrak refrigerated express cars will be parked and not used for
revenue service effective immediately; or when any of them reaches the
next terminal; or if loaded past that terminal, when it reaches the
destination of that load.

The 55 restricted cars will be temporarily stored at those terminals
pending disposition.  The remaining 56 cars will continue to be used in
ExpressTrak service.

-from Amtrak source

No additional details available at this time.
KevinKorell
OK. any guesses as to what was wrong with half of the ExpressTrak fleet?

Hadn't these filled the void left when the Material Handling Cars (MHC's) were taken out of service?
Viewliner
I want to know this as well, along with who the complaining party was.
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