Final countdown for Paris-Frankfurt conventional daytime services (Deadline: 09/06/1007!!!).

Class 181.2 (181-207) of DB-FV, seen on EC 56 (Frankfurt Hbf ---> Paris Est), while crossing the German-French border, which itself stands between both kinds of catenary masts...

At this stage, the rear pantograph is already up, as the locomotive has passed the voltage change-over (15kV-16 2/3Hz AC ---> 25kV-50Hz AC).

Saarbrücken-Stiring Wendel [Forbach Frontière].

3rd June 2007.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)