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ICE 1
Type: ICE (Intercity-Express) 1
Builder: AEG, ABB, Henschel, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp, Siemens an others
Build date: 1989-1993
Number: Triebkopf 401 072 - 4
Empty Weight: 849 tones
Length: 410.7 metres (with 14 Wagons)
Power: 9'600 kW
Max. Speed: 280 kph (~173 mph)
Starting tractive effort: 400 kN
Home: Germany
Operator: Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Location: Basel SBB ,Switzerland
Note: ICE 1, 2x Power heads Baureihe 401, Wagons from Bauhreihe 801 (1st class) 802 (2nd class) 803 (Service-wagon) and 804 (Bord-Restaurant).
On 8 November 2007, trainset 189, which had been shortened to about 200 m, set a Swiss land speed record for railed vehicles during trial runs for the ETCS cab signalling inside the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The trainset reached 288 km/h (~178 mph). The trainset had a modified pantograph, but two of the eight traction motors had been disabled. -->wikipedia
Am 8. November 2007 stellte der auf rund 200 m Länge verkürzte Triebzug 189 während ETCS-Abnahmefahrten im Lötschberg-Basistunnel, zwischen Ferden und Lötschen, mit 288 km/h einen neuen Geschwindigkeitsrekord für Schienenfahrzeuge in der Schweiz auf. Die Einheit war mit einem modifizierten Stromabnehmer ausgerüstet, wobei in einem der beiden Triebköpfe nur zwei der vier (insgesamt sechs von acht) Fahrmotoren zur Verfügung standen.
--> wikipedia
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Type: ICE (Intercity-Express) 1
Builder: AEG, ABB, Henschel, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp, Siemens an others
Build date: 1989-1993
Number: Triebkopf 401 072 - 4
Empty Weight: 849 tones
Length: 410.7 metres (with 14 Wagons)
Power: 9'600 kW
Max. Speed: 280 kph (~173 mph)
Starting tractive effort: 400 kN
Home: Germany
Operator: Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Location: Basel SBB ,Switzerland
Note: ICE 1, 2x Power heads Baureihe 401, Wagons from Bauhreihe 801 (1st class) 802 (2nd class) 803 (Service-wagon) and 804 (Bord-Restaurant).
On 8 November 2007, trainset 189, which had been shortened to about 200 m, set a Swiss land speed record for railed vehicles during trial runs for the ETCS cab signalling inside the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The trainset reached 288 km/h (~178 mph). The trainset had a modified pantograph, but two of the eight traction motors had been disabled. -->wikipedia
Am 8. November 2007 stellte der auf rund 200 m Länge verkürzte Triebzug 189 während ETCS-Abnahmefahrten im Lötschberg-Basistunnel, zwischen Ferden und Lötschen, mit 288 km/h einen neuen Geschwindigkeitsrekord für Schienenfahrzeuge in der Schweiz auf. Die Einheit war mit einem modifizierten Stromabnehmer ausgerüstet, wobei in einem der beiden Triebköpfe nur zwei der vier (insgesamt sechs von acht) Fahrmotoren zur Verfügung standen.
--> wikipedia
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Image size
1300x867px 612.37 KB
Make
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Model
C750UZ
Shutter Speed
1/200 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
50
Date Taken
Apr 8, 2010, 4:52:57 PM
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So, that test happened on my 27th birthday, just two months before I moved to Europe. 
Cool beans!
Cool beans!