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Two ICT trainsets (DBAG class 415) in Dresden Hbf, the one on the left is stored, the one on the right ready to depart to Frankfurt. 22 July 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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DB AG class 415 Dresden Hbf, 30 April 2000 During the steam festival, a class 415 EMU was presented to the public in the central station and doing short demonstration runs. Digital photo: tobias b köhler

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DB AG (R&T) class 415 in Dresden Hbf, track 13. This train just came from Leipzig, where it (hopefully!) connects to the ICE line from Frankfurt (also operated with class 411 and 415). This line is currently (June 2000) plagued with huge delays, due to a number of reasons related to the trains (hardware and software), the line equipment and the timetable. Photo: tobias b köhler

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ICE Max Beckmann to Frankfurt (Main) slowly rolls across the Marienbrücke in Dresden. The first part of the train is a 5-car set of class 415, with the "BordBistro" in the second car. 2001-05-13. Photo: tobias b köhler

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EMU class 415 + 411 in Dresden Hbf, track 14. First class passengers are eager to get into the air-conditioned train on this hot day. On the left you see the 234 467-9 coupled in front of a DMU class 605. 2001-07-07. Photo: tobias b köhler

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DBAG class 415 + 411 before departure as ICE 1554 "August Bebel" to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf in Dresden Hbf, track 19. As the platform is very low here in the hall, most of the train is standing outside the hall, and step boxes are used to make the use of the first three doors more comfortable. 2001-01-26. Photo: tobias b köhler

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DBAG class 415 + 411 before departure as ICE 1554 "August Bebel" to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf in Dresden Hbf, track 19. Outside the hall, a high platform provides an easy entrance, but inside the hall it is still low. You can see the transition and the provisional solution to get into the train more easily from a low platform. In the next years, this station will be modernized; tracks 17 to 19 will be used exclusively for local trains (S-Bahn) then, with 55 cm platforms everywhere. 2001-01-26. Photo: tobias b köhler

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DBAG class 411 + 415 departs at Dresden-Neustadt for the last section of its trip to Dresden Hbf, 2001-02-24. Photo: tobias b köhler

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ICE from Dresden Hbf to Frankfurt (Main) comes into Dresden-Neustadt with a class 415 unit at the beginning of the train. 2001-08-12. Photo: tobias b köhler

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ICE departing from Dresden-Neustadt to Frankfurt (Main) with a class 415 unit at the beginning of the train. Our train gets Hp1 (proceed at top speed), but has a 30 km/h speed restriction; the signal on the right shows Hp2 (proceed with 40 km/h) for a local train departing at the same time. 2001-08-12. Photo: tobias b köhler

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An EMU class 415 + 411, ICE to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf, crosses the Marienbrücke in Dresden on 2001-10-12, which is just being partly cut up. ICEs to Frankfurt still use this bridge, but ECs to Berlin have been diverted via Friedrichstadt. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Broken window in the 1st class cab car 415 004-1 on 22 July 2000, provisionally repaired with adhesive film. The train operated like this (open for passengers!) from Dresden to Leipzig, then was brought to München for repair. Photo: tobias b köhler

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DBAG 415 605-5 with a broken window in Dresden Hbf, 31 July 2000. Why do these windows break so easily? Photo: tobias b köhler

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DB AG class 415 (train 1505) in Dresden Hbf on 26 May 2000, replacing the locomotive-hauled IC 650 Wartburg. A few days before their official introduction, these tilting trains were already introduced in the timetables of conventional trains. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Detail view of pantograph and door on the first two cars of an ICT class 415 ready for departure at Dresden Hbf. 22 July 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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View from the freight station Dresden-Neustadt Gbf onto the track from the passenger station Dresden-Neustadt south to the Marienbrücke. An ICE (with a class 415 unit at the end) is just slowly rolling towards the bridge. The freight station is at the same location as the old terminal station "Leipziger Bahnhof" was since 1839. Since the beginning of the 20th century, trains from Leipzig go via Dresden-Neustadt to Dresden Hbf instead. The freight station has very little activity today. 2001-07-29 Photo: tobias b köhler

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ICE 1650 "Maria Montessori" in Dresden Hbf, track 14, with 415 003-7 in front. 22 July 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler