High Speed Trains – Railcolor News

ZSSK / Northrail / ROG / Rheincargo / BDZ / TCS / Avanti West Coast

Simon Wijnakker — Thu, 01 May 2025 18:11:51 +0000

[passenger] ZSSK picks Stadler KISS EMUs for high-capacity regional service

Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail has won the tender for the supply of four “high-capacity EMUs”, which ZSSK announced at the beginning of this year.

Ex-DB IC1 coaches for Flixtrain / ÎDF orders EMUs / STRABAG’s ‘White Lady’ / Frecciarossa special livery

Lorenzo Pallotta — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:25:45 +0000

[passenger] ÎDF orders 96 additional RER NG trains for line D

Île-de-France Mobilités has approved a new order of 96 RER NG EMUs from Alstom for line D.

[passenger] Farewell ICE3M – big roundtour in Germany and the Netherlands

Simon Wijnakker — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:02:33 +0000

Farewell ICE3M – On April 11/12, 2025, every effort was made one last time to shine a spotlight on the ICE3M.

[passenger] Discover the Inside of the new TGV INOUI (formerly known as TGV-M)

Emmanuel Bremont — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:57 +0000

The highly anticipated new generation TGV is coming—later than expected, but it will come. Four dedicated trainsets—numbered 996 to 999—have been undergoing rigorous testing for three years.

Javier Mariscal / Rail STM / Knallfrosch / AKN / RCG

Simon Wijnakker — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:55:21 +0000

[locomotive] Belgium: class 21 for sale

Starting at 70.000 EUR, SNCB/NMBS class 21 locomotives are for sale, 10 in total (2108, 2133, 2136, 2138, 2144, 2145, 2150, 2156, 2157, 2159).

Turbostar / Night train bogie / Maxima / Regiojet / RhB / ZSSK

Simon Wijnakker — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:09:56 +0000

Locomotive updates:

Maiden run Regiojet 388 230 on 14.03.2025;
RhB Ge 4/4 I 610 arrived at the scrapyard
From München-Allach to Braunschweig last weekend: 6193 043 still with D-DB VKM;
On their way to Bulgaria: BDZ 1080 071 / Siemens 24373 and 1080 072 / Siemens 24378;
PKP IC EU160 066 and 067 are in service.

[postal] Farewell to France’s last postal TGV

Simon Wijnakker — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:43:21 +0000

On March 12, 2025, the last postal half-trainset was transported to the scrapyard in Chalindry.

The seven TGV La Poste half-trains were part of the first generations of TGVs (TGV PSE) and ran at night on French high-speed lines from 1984 to 2015 to deliver mail.

black Eurorunner / Elf.eu / Dual Mode 125 / ENORM / SBB high-speed

Simon Wijnakker — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:04:58 +0000

Locomotive updates:

DB Cargo 145 016 sold to Bahn PersonalTraining;
DB Cargo 145 032 sold to Flex Bahndienstleistungen;
DB Cargo 152 134 lost its Albatros design – now it is standard red;
Seen outside the DB workshops in Dessau (DE) = 91 53 3189 700-0 RO-CTV ;
No locomotive: The carnival stickers on ICE3neo no.

Traxx and ES64U4 to the scrapyard / Alstom Bulgaria / Railjet / TAF

Simon Wijnakker — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:31:46 +0000

[locomotive] ES64U4 to the scrapyard

On January 22, 2022, a low-speed collision occurred between two freight trains in the Turin Orbassano yard.

[passenger] Stadler SMILE for Westbahn

Simon Wijnakker — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:54:50 +0000

Westbahn, a prominent Austrian private railway operator, has unveiled plans to extend its services to southern Austria.