The ground trembles as she roars past at 125mph, still among the world's most powerful locomotives, her beauty being an icon of the glorious past, when the TransEuropExpress was the real way of traveling. To see this mighty beast fly around the corner, packing ten thousand horsepowers in her streamlined six axle body, the proud metal emblem of the former federal railroad on the front...
Is just awesome.
Sorry for shooting it at the same place as I shot quite a few trains already, but this nearby spot is just ever so lovely for spur-of-the-moment photos. And with the 103 now hauling regular InterCity trains due to rolling stock shortages, where else to capture this magnificient machine, if not at this magnificient bend?
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But, this isn't even a heritage train! It's a regular IC train, or more like an IC replacement train, which means that the 103 is now back in regular service for a while.
More info here: [link]
I was hoping someone would upload one <^_^>
I have a model of it (H0, AC digital) so it's nice to see a picture of the real one.
I have some more, if you're interested: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
Can't get enough of that machine!
that's the one I have a model of
but seeing that picture, my Pantographs are not right, the once on the model have red contacts while that loco had gray contacts!
if so, I need gray once, the layout is in epoch V (now) but with some older trains as museum trains, those do need to confirm to current regulations though.