Trans Polar Railways, Trans Polar Rail is a ficticious scandinavian passenger company 
operating in Scandinavia and Russia.<br>
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ICX001, one of a new breed of tilt body high speed trains.  Initially for use between 
Moscow and Copenhagen, the ICX has found a better run on the Northern Lights service.
designed for operations of around 340km/h.  The ICX mk1 shares its coach sets with the 
with the powercar hauled HST sets, which use 2E2-7's. The rake consists of 11 cars, 
with the end two being the control cars.  the "A" end is the first class, with standard 
class at the "B" end One unique feature of the trains are the drive bogies at each end 
of the coach rake, with the intermediate axle sets having simple articulated gear. <br>
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All transformer equipment is mounted under-floor, and to allow for the high corner speeds, 
the ICX is equipped with powerful hydraulics to tilt the cars.<br>
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Mark Wilkes. (e-mail megazone23_uk@hotmail.com)