PBKA Thalsy 4343 leaves the LGV 3 (new high-speed line between Aachen and
Liège) at the western end in Chênée as one of the two
inaugural trains (the other one was an ICE 3) on 12 June 2009. As the train
is just passing the voltage changeover from 25 kV 50 Hz to 3 kV
DC (note the signs on the left), all pantographs are down. One track of the old
line can be seen next to the platform on the right.
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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>)