DB’s VT601 diesel set is a masterpiece of design. Even the train’s headlights are a classic, with their finely shaped, teardrop-like casings. It’s a mystery how the European railway companies allowed such a supreme example of elegance to deteriorate into the sort of boxy machines-on-wheels that we see today. Photo made at the Nurnberg Railway Museum.
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Photo and scan by Alon Siton <a_siton@hotmail.com>