Weiderhold testified that Amtrak's metallurgist had told him that he did not think the brake flaw derived from poor casting of the part. 'This component should not be failing,' he said. Spurr, president of the Bombardier unit, said that his company is the largest maintainer of railroad equipment in Europe and that problems have not been found with corresponding components of European trains.

America were at the hearing and pointed to the component itself, not the upkeep of the train, as the problem.įrancis Jelensperger, president of the Alstom unit, said Acela's brake problem has 'nothing to do with maintenance, it's got to do with the quality of the component.' The presidents of Bombardier Transportation-North America and Alstom Transportation Inc. Amtrak is scheduled to take over the maintenance of the Acela train in October 2006. The consortium employs a separate company, Northeast Corridor Maintenance Services Co., to oversee the maintenance work, though Amtrak workers handle the train parts. and Alstom, the consortium that built the train. Under a contract, maintenance of Acela trains is the responsibility of Bombardier Inc. Weiderhold said it appears that such reports never made it to Amtrak. The hearing did not answer the question of what caused the cracks, though it raised the possibility that they had been noticed as far back as three years ago - by employees at ORX Railway Corp., the Pennsylvania company that refurbishes Acela wheel sets under a maintenance subcontract. Jamison, acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, agreed that discovery of the cracks 'quite possibly averted a serious accident.' A resulting investigation turned up hairline cracks in 300 of 1,440 brake disks in the 20-train Acela fleet.ĭuring the hearing, Weiderhold confirmed that one of the brake spokes, when cut from the brake disk rotor, fell apart in an engineer's hands. 'We were getting dangerously close to a very, very serious problem.'Īmtrak shut down its high-speed service on April 15, after a safety inspector with the Federal Railroad Administration noticed that a brake component appeared to be rusted. in a hearing before a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee. 'We got very lucky that this was found when it was,' said Fred E. So there is no one to one relationship between the number of workers certified by the DOL and the number of H1B work visas issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).The brake problem that sidelined the high-speed Acela Express train line could have caused a catastrophic accident had it gone undiscovered, Amtrak's inspector general said yesterday. When an employee renews or transfers his H1B visa or change work location under some circumstances, he will also file a new LCA application.ĭepartment of Labor(DOL) typically certifies more than 3 times the number of foreign work requests than the number of H1B visas issued by USCIS. The visa applications might have been denied. But this does not mean they really hired 1 foreign workers during this period. Orx Railway Corporation has applied for 1 LC and LCA from fiscal year 2020 to 2022. Usually, only LCA for new employment needs H1B Visa quota if it is not cap-exempt. Our LCA data includes LCA submitted for not only new employment, but also continuation or change in previously approved employment, new concurrent employment, change in employer and amended petition. It does not mean that Orx Railway Corporation actually got the visa and hired the workers. The data only indicates the number of applications filed by Orx Railway Corporation. Above table reports Labor Condition Application(LCA) for H1B visa and Labor Certification(LC) for green card filed by Orx Railway Corporation. Note: Before Orx Railway Corporation can hire foreign workers permanently or temporarily, it must file labor certifications with the Department of Labor(DOL), demonstrating that it is paying the required wage for the positions in the geographic region where the jobs are located. Please note that 0 LCA for H1B Visa and 0 LC for green card have been denied or withdrawn during the same period. Orx Railway was ranked 71224 among all visa sponsors.

Orx Railway Corporation has filed 1 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 0 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2020 to 2022.

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