ABB Scandi/Adtranz/Bombardier IC3 Flex discussion

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Danish built IC3 Flexliner rolling through Sturtevant, WI in 1997.

I didn't know about the flexliner, thanks. Interesting discussion about it over at train orders readable here:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1196512

But back to reality…

cocojacoby said:

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Danish built IC3 Flexliner rolling through Sturtevant, WI in 1997.

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I had forgotten about those. It's interesting how trains rejected in one place years ago are still in service elsewhere... these, the Swedish X-2000 and first generation ICE, not to mention VIA and Superliners.

Brian Battuello said:

I didn't know about the flexliner, thanks. Interesting discussion about it over at train orders readable here:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1196512

But back to reality…

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Sometimes it's a failure of the test criteria rather than its subject. Things might have gone differently in another location, i.e. flat terrain. These are only now being replaced in service between Hamburg and Copenhagen.

Brian Battuello said:

I didn't know about the flexliner, thanks. Interesting discussion about it over at train orders readable here:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1196512

But back to reality…

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I recognized those big black bumpers and hadn't realized that those had been tested (but it does bring back a vague recollection) - I've heard that they aren't the most reliable in Danish service or something (learned from a video watching someone taking them in DK - I think it was DSB - they get used a lot in Scanian service as well).

Spain used to have some as well. They later got rebuilt with more conventional front ends. Israel had some too, and possibly still does today.

There is an informative Wikipedia page on mainly the Danish and Israeli incarnation but contains general information about all versions. The short jaunt through Amtrak and VIA Rail is mentioned too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSB_Class_MF

LOL'ing at "the longest sauna in Sweden" comment, which, btw, is apparently absent in the Swedish version (will check more later on that).

jis said:

There is an informative Wikipedia page on mainly the Danish and Israeli incarnation but contains general information about all versions. The short jaunt through Amtrak and VIA Rail is mentioned too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSB_Class_MF

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ColoRail photo.

I rode these in Denmark several times, including once on the train to Hamburg via the Rodby - Puttgarden train ferry. I understand this train ferry has since been discontinued in favor of a bus bridge feeding the ferry. The ferry will eventually be replaced by a combined highway and rail tunnel, which is already under construction.

I considered these trains pleasant to ride in, with comfortable seats and spacious interiors.

jiml said:

I had forgotten about those. It's interesting how trains rejected in one place years ago are still in service elsewhere... these, the Swedish X-2000 and first generation ICE, not to mention VIA and Superliners.

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The Swedish Rc type, from which Amtrak's AEM-7 was cloned, is also still in use in Sweden today AFAIK.