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.
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!