European Railroad Discussion > DB's New Talgos Under Diesel Power

Deutsche Bahn is bringing into service 60 new 17 car Talgo trains for intercity services
marketed as the ICE-L(the L for low level boarding).  To haul the trains in non-electrified
territory they have ordered 21 Siemens class 248.5 dual-modes that operate as a conventional
electric under the wires but are also equipped with a 16 cyl. MTU diesel prime mover.  Think
of them as a German version of New Jersey Transit's Bombardier dual-modes.

The 248 506 is seen on a test run between Hamburg and Westerland in a photo from the site
RailColorNews.  Maybe Amtrak and Siemens could have come up with a similar approach to haul
the new Airo fleet in the northeast rather than the unproven Charger diesel + pantograph-
equipped Auxiliary Power Vehicle concept.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/26 08:03 by milepost20.

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