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.
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…)