Recent post by Pella on TRAIN SIDING.

Pella on Train Siding: Generations. The orange Ra 846 - Rapid 1 - from 1955 is now a museum locomotive but still going strong. Top speed 150 km/h.

Generations. The orange Ra 846 - Rapid 1 - from 1955 is now a museum locomotive but still going strong. Top speed 150 km/h.
First picture: Its successor - a Rc locomotive. This black Rc6 started life as a Rc5 in 1985, was upgraded to an Rc6 in 1992, and is owned and operated by SJAB, Top speed 160 km/h.
Second picture: The Rc's successor - the X2C. The number is not readable but the original X2 was produced between 1989 and 1998 as X2. Totally refurbished and relaunched in 2021 as X2C by its owner, SJAB. Top speed 200 km/h, thanks to the active tilt-mechanism. (It has reached 270 in a test, no passengers.)

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