[HD] German ICE high-speed trains at Frankfurt Airport

This is what it looks like when you arrive at Frankfurt airport and continue your journey by rail. It's a nice and clean station along the Cologne-Frankfurt line and was opened in 1999. The station is dominated by InterCity Express trains (3rd generation) although a few 1G ICEs stop here as well. Both are shown in the video. While I like EMUs like the ICE 3, nothing beats the musical starting sound of the first generation.

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[Lintflas]

Eh! No close ups on our ICEs! Japanese and Chinese possibly watch and copy it! ^.^

[N199UA]

@Lintflas The Chinese ... maybe. The Japanese ... nah. Their Shinkansen trains are far superior.

[hovermotion]

Love these trains , great to see .

[N199UA]

@hovermotion Thank you for your kind words.

[mullizei]

German: Haben sie das Video mit der Flip Ultra HD Aufgenommen? - ENGLISH: they have the video taken with the flip ultra hd?

[N199UA]

@mullizei Ja.

[ilidiesel]

Der ICE1 bei 5:00 hat keinen streifen an der bugklappe

[Hoshikani]

1:59 i have the same ICE on my HO railroad model )

[7olusegun]

Why is the train so high pitched noisy?

[komachi275]

@KuraIthys It's funny. XD

[KuraIthys]

@komachi275 True. I was reminded of the XPT in Australia... It's based on the HST, but with modifications for hot weather & dust, and different carriages. But... Mainly I remember a comment about how they changed it from it's initial design with an 8 speed throttle to one with 5 speeds to make it incompatible with normal locomotives... They were scared it'd end up pulling freight trains... XD

[komachi275]

@KuraIthys I agree, but HST has ever classified in DMU 253, too. Besides, Taiwan Railway use locomotive to haul some DMU's trailers becaus the power cars of that was too old to use. I think the train can be something just up to how to use. =D

[KuraIthys]

@KuraIthys Also consider the dutch trains, where there ARE two terms. Even though they look very similar in practice, the ICM 'koploper' is considered a 'treinstel' (EMU), while the doubledeck VIRM is designed as a 'treinstam', because maintenance can be done on individual carriages, but in practice it's used as an EMU. This implies the meaning of this additional type 'treinstam', is whether or not individual trailers are ever considered independent of the train they're part of...

[KuraIthys]

@komachi275 Obviously, the power cars and trailers are matched sets. But they still have more in common with locomotive hauled trains than with what was traditionally an MU. The closest relations of the ICE 1 power car are the class 101 and 120 locomotives, rather than the ICE 3. Also, the British class 43 HST is similar to an ICE in arrangement, but isn't considered a DMU. It's mark 3 coaches are special, but versions with minor changes were used with locomotives.

[komachi275]

@KuraIthys Although the EuroTrain mixed the 402 power cars and the trailer of TGV Duplex, many equeptment did not connect well at that time. Such as Electropneumatic braking systems did not work then. Besides, the ICE-S, the test cars of ICE 3 was also based on ICE 2's powercar and powered middle coach which used on ICE 3 after that. I think there is not a "gap" between Multiple Unite and Push Pull mode train. For example, Japanese Shinkansen 400 Series also put on a trailer in original MUs

[KuraIthys]

@komachi275 Well, I wouldn't be too sure about that. When they were being tested, there were no trailers for it yet. They did tests using standard German IC coaches. The trailers have scharfenberg couplers, where many EMU's can't really be uncoupled at all without specialised equipment. The ICE power cars were also used with TGV duplex coaches for a while for a marketing attempt in Taiwan. It's clearly not that difficult to use them with other carriages. It's just not common.