QRModeller Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hi everyone. Just found this a few minutes ago and thought it might be of interest. Ferrari train Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 An excuse for HS2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Not quite. Makes me chuckle the tenuous links that journalists assemble to make a headline grabbing story. Stretching the Ferrari link a bit....:-) "Built by high-speed specialists Alstom in La Rochelle, the AGV trains are being used first by Italian rail company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, wherein lies the Ferrari connection. The NTV was founded by a small group of Italian businessmen, including Ferrari chairman Luca de Montezemolo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 ... Stretching the Ferrari link a bit....:-) ... I know, but new ferrari train sounds better than new high speed train. Well, to me at least! Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Can we look forward to the Fiat 500 Abarth train? Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Can we look forward to the Fiat 500 Abarth train? ...or indeed the Lancia Beta Volumex HPE unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Why not indeed? We have already endured the Austin Pendallegro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Or the retro Austin Princessalino......... Best, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bigcheeseplant Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Put a chimney on it paint it blue and it looks a bit like an A4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Does this mean there will be a Mercedes-Benz IC300E for Germany? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 22, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2012 ...or indeed the Lancia Beta Volumex HPE unit? No. It would rust too quickly. And the suspension (or lack of it) would have the trackwork and civil engineers up in arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 22, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2012 Bugatti did of course really produce trains (or at least the engines). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Aye but will it go quicker in the rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 There's a few pages on the Italo in one of the recent editions of Modern Railways if folk want to read up on it. Quite an impressive operation - is this the first 'privately funded' open access high speed operation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 22, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2012 W O Bentley started out as a premium apprentice IIRC at Crewe, (or was it Swindon?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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