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The trip on a real high speed train is nothing like any train you've ridden in the United States. The train widely regarded as the top of the line is the German ICE 3 train. It is capable of running at over 200 mph, and its interior is trimmed in wood and leather, for both quailty and environmental reasons. Electronic displays in each car give the time to the next station, the current speed, and other information.

Passengers can ride right behind the operator, and see the view out the front of the train through an LCD glass wall. This glass wall can be darkened when necessary. Firsthand, it looks like a steamed up glass when it is darkened. This accounts for the blur in the photo below, taken on an ICE-T (Tilting) train running from Berlin to Munich in March of 2002.

The exterior is just as stunning.

For more information, you can go to the manufacutrer's website......

More descriptions of the high speed experience will be coming soon.....

 

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