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| Title: |
Train from the Plane |
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Our ride into Paris from Charles de Gaulle Airport arrives at Terminal 2. This is a Z 8100 type EMU. |
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8/31/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:03 PM |
| Location: |
Roissy-en-France, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Loading up at Gare du Nord |
| Description: |
A subway train loads passengers at Gare Du Nord on Line 5. |
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8/31/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:10 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Busy Scene at Gare du Nord |
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Two Line 5 subway trains arrive at Gare du Nord. Both are Type MF 01 introduced at in 2008. |
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8/31/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:17 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Classic consist at Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
Classic "Corail" coaches make up the consist of a Marseille to Bordeaux intercity train. These are soon to be replaced by EMU's |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 2:59:07 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Our ride from Paris rests at Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
This TGV brought us down from Paris. It made the almost 700 mile trip in about 3 and a half hours. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 2:59:20 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Double your Pleasure |
| Description: |
Two TGV Duplex's sit at Marseille Saint-Charles. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 2:59:33 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Seeing Double |
| Description: |
Two TGV Duplex's sit at Marseille Saint-Charles. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 2:59:50 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
TGV's at Gare du Lyon |
| Description: |
Two TGV's wait to depart Gare du Lyon. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:24 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Italian in Paris |
| Description: |
An Italian high speed ETR 1000 sits at Gare du Lyon between runs. These trains started running between Milan and Paris in 2021 competing with SNCF's TGV services. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:37 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
TGV's from a TGV |
| Description: |
As our TGV heads out of Paris for Marseille we pass other TGV's sitting in the yard outside of Gare du Lyon. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:49 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
At the Depot |
| Description: |
Various TGV's rest in the maintenance center outside of Gare du Lyon. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:00:56 PM |
| Location: |
Paris, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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A single deck TGV sits in the yard outside of Marseille Saint-Charles |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:05 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Old Buildings, Modern Tram |
| Description: |
A Bombardier "Flexity" train passes through Place Sadi-Carnot. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:14 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Bombardier "Flexity" tram passes through Place Sadi-Carnot. |
| Description: |
These trams were introduced in 2012 and are meant to resemble a ship. |
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9/1/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:25 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Bombardier Flexity tram at Castellane |
| Description: |
These trams were introduced in 2012 and are meant to resemble a ship. This particular one has its windows covered to reduce heat inside and cut down on energy usage. |
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9/2/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:33 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Trams at Arenc Le Silo |
| Description: |
This is the end of Lines 2 and 3. |
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9/2/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
New and Old Regional Trains at Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
On the left stands push-pull train pwered by a Class 22200 from the seventies. On the right is a Bombardier Régio2N EMU introduced in the mid-2010s. |
| Photo Date: |
9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:47 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Our ride to Nice |
| Description: |
Our train to Nice is composed of classic "Corail" coaches from the seventies and eighties. I was hoping to get one of these consists for this ride so I was very pleased! |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:01:57 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Régio2N EMU stands underneath the grand shed of Marseille Saint-Charles |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:02:08 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Régio2N EMU waits to depart Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
These were built by Bombardier and introduced in the mid-2010s. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:02:17 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A single deck TGV waits to depart Marseille Saint-Charles |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:02:25 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Cab-car on our train to Nice |
| Description: |
These cars, type B5uxh, were rebuilt from existing cars between 2004 and 2008. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:02:31 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Marseille Saint-Charles Trainshed |
| Description: |
This station opened in 1848. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:02:57 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Régio2N EMU departs Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
These were built by Bombardier and introduced in the mid-2010s. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:03:29 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Regional EMU's at Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
A Régio2N (left) passes a Z 23500 (right). |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:03:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Retro Ride |
| Description: |
Our ride to Nice today is a classic "Corail" coach from the seventies. These are soon to be replaced by EMU's. They are very comfy but are a bit dirty and smell like the inside of a Budd or Pullman car at a railroad museum. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:03:53 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Z 23500 EMU at Marseille Saint-Charles |
| Description: |
These were introduced in 1997. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:04:02 PM |
| Location: |
Marseille, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Arrived at Nice |
| Description: |
A shot of our train from Marseille after arriving in Nice. |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:04:10 PM |
| Location: |
Nice, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Nez Cassez |
| Description: |
Powering our train from Marsille was a Class 22200 from the 1970s. These are known as the "Nez Cassez" (broken nose). |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:04:22 PM |
| Location: |
Nice, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
TGV and a regional rain sit at Nice-Ville Station |
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9/3/2024 Upload Date: 9/15/2024 3:04:27 PM |
| Location: |
Nice, FR |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
East End of Genova Voltri Freight Yard |
| Description: |
A small diesel swticher can be seen along with an electric locomotive on the far left. This yard services the large container port of Genova Pra'. Taken from a moving train so obviously not the best shot. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:17:28 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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Yard |
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| Title: |
Locos at Rest |
| Description: |
A trio of Mercitalia (freight division of the ITalian State Railways) E.494 electrics wait for their next assignment next to Genova Sestri Ponente station. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:17:44 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Steel Mill in Genoa |
| Description: |
Various cars sit behind the ArcelorMittal steel mill in Genoa. I am not sure how active this plant is since all the tracks and cars looked quite rusty. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:17:52 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Waiting for Work |
| Description: |
A trio of freight locomotives wait for their next duties near Genova Piazza Principe station. The rear loco is a Type E 483. The middle is a Class 189. The front loco is a Type E 494. All are made by Bombardier. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:18:03 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Into the Tunnel |
| Description: |
A Hitachi "Rock" EMU enters the tunnel on the east end of Genova Piazza Principe station. On the right an Intercity Train waits for departure time. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:18:15 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Trenitalia E.464 Electric Locomotive at Genova Piazza Principe |
| Description: |
These one cab locomotives are used on push-pull regional services throughout Italy. They were built by Bombardier. This one wears the older "XMPR" livery. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:18:25 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Action at Genova Piazza Principe |
| Description: |
On the left an Intercity train is seen departing while on the right a light "TRAXX" freight electric is waiting for a green signal. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:18:34 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A train of MDVC and MDVE cars wait to depart Genova Piazza Principe |
| Description: |
These cars were built in the eighties for regional services and can be seen throughout Italy. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:18:45 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Eager Beavers |
| Description: |
A platform full of people eagerly await the train to Sestri Levante. On the right a light "TRAXX" freight electric can be seen waiting for a clear signal. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:18:55 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Our train to Sestri Levante arrives at Genova Piazza Principe |
| Description: |
This is a Hitachi ETR.621 "Rock" EMU. These were introduced in 2021. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:05 PM |
| Location: |
Genova, IT |
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Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
Our ride from Genoa |
| Description: |
This Hitachi ETR.621 "Rock" EMU took us from Genoa to Sestri Levante. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:14 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
An Intercity Train departs for Livorno |
| Description: |
These rather ugly locomotives were originally built as Class E402 in 1995. From 2015-2019 they were rebuilt by CAF into Class E401 with one cab for push-pull operation. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:21 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
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Jay Epstein |
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A Hitachi "Rock" EMU departs Sestri Levante for points South |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:28 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
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Jay Epstein |
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A Hitachi "Rock" EMU rounds the bend into Sestri Levante |
| Description: |
The train is heading north towards Genoa. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:37 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
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Jay Epstein |
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A Hitachi "Rock" EMU arrives at Sestri Levante from the south |
| Description: |
These trains were introduced in 2021. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:46 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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A "Vivalto" set arrives at Sestri Levante |
| Description: |
Vivalto is the name given to double-deck push pull sets for regional trains introduced in 2005. Powering the train is an E.464 electric. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:19:54 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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E.464 locomotive waits for its next run at Sestri Levante |
| Description: |
These one cab locomotives are used on push-pull regional services throughout Italy. They were built by Bombardier from 1999 to 2015. This one wears the current "DTR" livery. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:20:03 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A Hitachi "Rock" EMU arrives on Track 1 |
| Description: |
These trains were introduced in 2021. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:20:12 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A regional train rolls to a halt at Sestri Levante |
| Description: |
The trains is a Hitachi "Rock" EMU Class ETR.521. These were introduced in 2019. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:20:21 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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| Title: |
A northbound Intercity Train rolls into Sestri Levante |
| Description: |
Powering the train is an E.414 electric. These were originally built from 1994 to 1996 to power high speed ETR 500 trains. Once newer power was introduced on those trains they were rebuilt to power conventional coaches on intercity trains with one unit on each end. |
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9/5/2024 Upload Date: 9/18/2024 3:20:28 PM |
| Location: |
Sestri Levante, IT |
| Author: |
Jay Epstein |
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