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Innotrans 2010 - ETR 610

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This Alstom Pendolino, class ETR 610, was originally supposed to be the second generation of tilting EMU for Cisalpino, but that company failed so hard at providing a reliable service that it was disbanded, and now the trains are run by swiss SBB and italian Trenitalia again. Now, the first ETR 610 has been repainted from Cisalpino colors to SBB’s colors, and apparently that warranted showing it here at Innotrans, Berlin. Or something like that, I am not really sure what it was meant to show here, but since it missed the one in 2008, where it should have been shown (being built in 2007), here is as good a place to show it as any.

The train’s service record has been far from perfect. It is too heavy to run with tilting enabled - while it will tilt and absorb the forces on the passengers just fine, the forces on the tracks, which no tilting can reduce, would be just too heavy. Considering that it was especially bought for fast, tilting service, that is kind of bad. It is meant to run in Germany, but at the moment, it is completely uncertain whether it will ever be approved for that.

The inside is rather nice, but, like any tilting train, somewhat cramped, and especially when it started to rain, full of fair visitors.
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1679x2518px 921.82 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 1000D
Shutter Speed
1/256 second
Aperture
F/10.0
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Sep 25, 2010, 11:16:40 AM
Lens
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Sensor Size
22mm
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Mr-Uhrig's avatar
I like this colors ^^
ETR 610 wears them very well. :)