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WASHINGTON (AP) - Cracks on the brake disc rotors of Amtrak's Acela Express trains were detected as long as three years ago but the railroad was never notified, Amtrak's inspector general said Wednesday.
Pennsylvania-based ORX, which maintains the Acela's wheelsets, told Fred Weiderhold Jr., Amtrak's inspector general, that some cracks in the spokes were found, but it did not report them.
"We are trying to confirm and determine the existence of these reports, who may have received those reports and what action was taken," Weiderhold told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's railroads subcommittee.
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