012039 Third generation ICE train, Munich.
012040 Third generation ICE departing Munich.
high-speed rail line, Germany
912563 High-speed ICE line, Germany.

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012045 Two generations of German
(DB) high speed ICE trains at the
buffer posts in Munich's main station
(München Hauptbahnhof).
012031 Second generation German ICE high speed ICE train in Munich. This is a double-length set, sending the front end out past the covered trainshed.
841395 TGV Southeast trainsets at the Gare de Lyon (Lyon Station) in Paris, France. These were the first French high speed trains. A dark December day brings out the orange colors of the engines and the architecture of the old station which now hosts modern trains.
910893 TGV Atlantic trainsets at their maintenance depot in the Paris suburb of Châtillon. These are a newer generation of trains than the TGV Southeast, though the trains have many similar characteristics.
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All above: View from the engine of a German ICE high speed train on dedicated high-speed tracks between Frankfurt am Main and Kassel, Germany.
 
911573 German ICE train in Kassel, Germany. (This is the original generation of German high speed equipment.)
930073 In 1993 Amtrak leased several European high speed trains for testing and developing specifications for the next generation of Amtrak equipment for the Northeast Corridor. This is a view into the cab of the Swedish X2000 train about to depart Washington's Union Station for New York City.

Go to Amtrak Acela high speed rail images.

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