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Innotrans '12 - DB class 430

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AC-powered S-Bahn (commuter train) vehicles in the west of Germany were easy: You had the class 420 and the type X carriage with locomotives . In the 1990s, the class 423 was developed as a drop-in replacement for the 420, and it replaced all 420s in in Munich, some in Frankfurt and Stuttgart, and all type x passenger cars in the Cologne part of the Rhine-Ruhr area.

Then DB wanted to replace some more class 420s and x-carriages in the Rhine-Ruhr area, but technology had moved on, and new standards required crumple zones. Adding that to the 423 (and a few other improvements) brought the class 422, class 424 already being taken. But this crumple zones made the train longer, which made them unsuitable to replace the remaining 420s in Stuttgart, where platform lengths are apparently very precisely designed for the 420.

So this was developed: The class 430 is still built by the same consortium as the 422, 423, and the related but here irrelevant 424, 425 and 426. But unlike them, it has two seat rows less (one in each middle car), bringing the required meters to make it fit on Stuttgart's platforms. There were also detail changes (new standards already prevent DB from building more 423s…), a new face, and a cover for the many parts on top which make this train look like it has a crown.
Image size
2554x2554px 1.07 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 1000D
Shutter Speed
1/197 second
Aperture
F/9.0
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Sep 22, 2012, 12:31:09 PM
Sensor Size
14mm
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Cool!
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