Talk:Siemens Velaro

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[edit] My edits

Please bear with me if my English is not so good, especially not on the railway specific terminology. I trust that others will correct my errors and polish my style.

My data on the licencing process are taken from an article in "Elektrische Bahnen" -- I will try and learn how to give the source in Wikipedia manner.

The "Technical Specifications Interoperability" were alluded to in this article as originating from the European Union, but without giving a source.
L.Willms 11:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Necessary changes

Changes which I deem as necessary, but can't make just right now:

a) ICE3 was developed on order by Deutsche Bahn and Nederlandse Spoorwegen, ICE is a trademark of DB, and Velaro is an evolution of this train offered by Siemens. OK, it makes sense to cover both the original ICE3 and the Siemens Velaro platform in arcticle, because they are one family of trains.

b) ICE3 was developed right from the very minute with international traffic in mind, i.e. both a national version suited for German and Austrian and some Swiss lines, and an international multi-system version for all for main energy systems found on European mainlines. The presentation in the current form of the article makes believe that the national version, class 403, was the original one, and then the multi-system version class 406 had been developed out of the national version. No, they were developed under one plan as one concept.

c) international certifications should be a chapter by itself;

c) there should be more discussion on the actual distribution of powered bogies and non-powered bogies, of the pantographs, transformators etc etc.

So far my to-do list.
L.Willms 09:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)