Measuring car 63 80 99-94 025-3 seen in a train waiting at Aachen
Hbf on 8 January 2007. It is labelled with "DB Netz Instandhaltung" ("DB Netz
maintenance", DB Netz is the part of the DB group which is responsible for the
railway network), "Gleismesszug" ("track measuring train") and "Fahrwegmessung"
("track system measuring"). This car is brand-new, the revision date 3 January
2007 indicates that it was in service for just five days when the picture was
taken. Unlike other measuring cars, the cab end has a streamlined shape like the
cab cars used in IC trains. However the cab was not used on the following run to
Cologne, as the loco 103 184-8 was attached at the head of the train
(visible at the left edge). The other car is 63 80 99-91 004-1.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)