612 001-8 by Adtranz for DB AG, demonstrating its tilting ability at Innotrans 1998, Berlin. Let's hope for the passengers that it will be more successful than its ill-fated predecessor, the class 611. The 612 has new motors, new transmissions, new suspension, new electronics, new software and new internal and external design, while retaining the general layout of the 611.

photo by: tobias b köhler