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Photographed from inside the drivers cab of a DB ICE 3M. (1st Class lounge end). <P>



IF YOU DON'T ASK - YOU DON'T GET! <P>



This was the ICE 824 service from Frankfurt am Main to Brussels Midi Zuid via Köln and Liege-Guillemins <BR>

on a non HS dedicated section of track somewhere near Aachen while travelling at 84mph (135 km/h). <BR>

Section speed set at a maximum of 87mph (140km/h). <P>



The ICE 3M (multi system) was developed to operate outside Germany. It is licensed for operation <BR>

in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium. In Belgium, the train is limited to 155 mph (250km/h) <BR>

instead of 186 mph (300km/h) due to problems with flying gravel and its frictionless electromagnetic brake. <BR>

The ICE's braking system was met with considerable scepticism by the French during licensing trials for <BR>

operation in France. <P>


Photographed 10th February 2007. <P>


© Adrian D. Smith. Plymouth, England.


#(fotosvanadrian@blueyonder.co.uk)