The X2000 power car is still in daily use here in Sweden, it has a commemorative plaque above the driver’s door.
Here is also a compilation of contemporary news footage about the event:
I find it really interesting how positive everyone was, the general hope for the future shown in the news footage is awesome.
Also I can’t be the only one missing the upbeat synth music in the reports showing off modern/future technology in the 90s.
Anyway, in these annoying times when politicians constantly explain how it is impossible to do better, these videos shows a time when it was exciting to try and do better.
I’m thinking that a ‘German ICE train’ would not be overly popular these days
Although it’s a great way to sneak public transport past republicans
America wants France’s TGV or Japan’s Shinkansen.
JR Central is supposedly building regional lines in Texas which will use the N700S units (the bog standard Shinkansen, but magic to everyone who hasn’t ridden one), but I don’t know if that is progressing right now or not.
(Pretty sure the joke is about an ICE train, as in trumps thugs, instead of ICE as in internal combustion engine)
Inter city express, just FYI.
Noooo! The third option!
My experience with ICE isn’t great. It has reliability issues, I got stuck several times because of technical issues, it happened to me 3 or 4 times they had to literally reboot the train 🤣. Also, the comfort is not great, I have a soar butt after 1 hour sitting there. The French TGV is much better, or at least I have experienced a much lower failure rate (with the train itself, don’t get me started on SNCF…)