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| Some of the newer additions:  The Virgin Trains Pendolino class 390 train whoozing by Watford Junction at an amazing speed in Great Britain. Picture by Stanislav Voronin March 2007.  A Finnish variant of the Pendolino. Here a double unit tilting on the curve outside Helsinki metropolitan area. Picture by Stanislav Voronin 2007.   | |
| The Virgin Trains Pendolinos, British Class 390 | |
The Pendolino class 390 in the attractive Virgin trains livery. Click the picture to see a the details on the larger version! Picture from Watford Junction by Stanislav Voronin 2007.  The Pendolino class 390 unit number 12 cab with all the controls ergonomically accessible for the driver. Picture by Martin J. Galloway under Creative Commons. | The
Virgin trains operated Pendolino class 390 trains in United
Kingdom form the largest single Pendolino fleet in the world.
The
fleet has 52 Pendolinos (the 53rd was lost in an accident in 2007 at
Grayrigg) and Alstom Savigliano Italy has started work on the 4
additional 11 car trains in early 2009. Of the existing 52 units, 31
will recieve additional 2 cars and there is an option to extend the
other 21 class 390 trains as well.
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| Pendolinos | |
| Cisalpino 1 and 2 Train Sets | |
Picture below: The Cisalpino Pendolino 470 unit in Lugano in the summer of 2009. Picture by Donald M. Hall.   Fourth generation of Pendolinos, the ETR610 operated as Cisalpin0 2, looks very much like the had a totally new design by Giorgetto Giugiaro was the next evolution step. Picture by Chriusha 2009, published under Creative Commons 3.0. | The latest news from Switzerland suggest
that the long term cooperation between the Trenitalia and Swiss SBB is
over. The SBB sees that Trenitalia has been sloppy on the
maintenance of these trains thus causing severe operating probelems and
delays for the trains. It is also seen that Swiss are avoiding these
trains now, a good reason to withdraw from cooperation. It is easier to
start with a fresh new brand than try to fix something that has
been damaged for years of neglience. However, it remains to be seen
where the SBB can buy the maintenance services for those Pendolinos
that will end up to its ownership. The British and the Finns seem to be
very good at what the Italians have not been able to do. Maybe it would
be worth considering these two options for the maintenance /
maintenance consulting. In Finland much of the operating conditions are
similar to Switzerland, with cold and snowy winters. We will confirm these rumors in the near future. The Cisalpino, a joint venture of Swiss SBB/CFF and Italian Trenitalia, is currently recieving its second generation of Pendolinos. These units will to be in daily revenue generating use in 2009 and 2010 between the two countries. The second generation Cisalpinos are of Alstom type Pendolino 610 which obviously has its roots on the same design board as the impressive AGV. The top speed for the new generation Pendolinos equipped with Altoms own tilting mechanism is now increased 250 km/h (155 mph) despite the demanding snowy conditions in Switzerland! For the older Pendolino ETR470 (Cisalpino 1) on the picture on left please see http://4rail.net/ch/cisalpino.html for more information! Technical details -> Delivered to use: 1996 (to be retired in 2009 - 2010, secondhand use might be in Russia?) -> Number of units: 9 (81 modules) -> Unit numbers: 1 - 9 -> Configuration: 2M-2T-2M-T-2M -> Capacity: 473+2 passengers in two class configuration -> Owned and operated by: Cisalpino (joint venture of FS and SBB/CFF -> operations area: Switzerland, Italy -> Unit length: 236,6 m -> Unit power: 5880 kW (7885 Hp) -> Power to weight ratio (Hp): -> bicurrent versions: 15 kV 16,7 Hz, 3000 V -> Operational max. speed: 200 km/h -> Mass, metric tons: 460 -> Coupler type: -> Axle weight max: 15 tons Easy recognition guide
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| FinnishVR-yhtyma S220 Pendolinos, Finnish Class Sm3 | |
 One on the numerous
Pendolino pictures on the 4rail.net, here the
Sm3 Pendolino double unit on a snowy day of Finnish winter near Savio
in the Southern
Finland. Pendolinos are the only high speed units for the scarcely
populated
Finland. The picture below shows the tilting mechanism in action on the
curve. Pictures by Stanislav Voronin.
  Picture: Finnish VR Pendolino S220 units are seen here after their morning dash from countryside to the center of Finnish capital Helsinki. | The Pendolinos in Finland form the backbone of the
higher than normal transportation. Finland has only 5 million
inhabotants scattered mainly througout the country so no real high
speed track has been built in the form of France and Germany. Technical details for Pendolino S220 -> Finnish class: Sm3 , -> Manufacturer type: Pendolino S220 (400 series) -> Delivered to use: 1995 2 units, 1999 - 2006 16 units -> Number of units: 18 (108 modules) -> Unit numbers: 73XX -> Configuration: MCC+MC+2T+MC+MCC -> Capacity: 307 passengers in two class configuration 1st class: 47 seats, 2nd class: 260 seats -> Owned and operated by: VR-Yhtyma (The Finnish Railways) -> operations area: Finland -> Unit length: 158.9 meters -> Unit max width: 3,2 meters -> Unit power: 4000 kW (5364 Hp) -> single current versions: 25 kW 50 Hz -> Operational max. speed: 220 km/h -> Tilting mechanism: Active, Fiat design -> Maximum tilt: 8% -> Mass, metric tons: 304,7 t -> Coupler type: -> Axle weight max: 16 tons Easy recognition guide
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modifications,... -> January 2009: Two Finnish Pendolino units suffered from flying ice in tunnels breaking a total of 40 windows on the other and 4 on the other unit. A disaster was narrowly avoided as the inner windows were only partly shattered, not broken. The first thoughts were that the ice was originating from the build up from the train itself and the shock wave of the tunnel caused the ice to move, instead of the cause being the common tunnel ice. In countries like the U.S. there are maintenanace units equipped to remove the tunnel ice in winter with special wires, plows and shotguns as the ice can be a hazard for trains in tunnels. If the cause is found to be build up of the tunnel ice, maybe this kind of troops would be a good idea for Finnish infrastructure maintenance authority as well? -> May 2010: the first of the Pendolino units was painted green themed, basically the red color on the exterior cahnged to green and green themed stockers attached to the sides of the coaches. | |
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| Italian Pendolino trains | |
 The very first Pendolino, the ETR401 pictured here in 2006 sitting at the depot in Italy. Picture by Daniele Neroni 2009, provided under Creative Commons Licence.  ETR450, the Generation 2 for the Pendolino train. Already capable sppeeds of up to 250 km/h /155 mph) and equipped with the APT originating tintilng system exclusively used by Fiat Ferroviaria. Picture by Jeff Leknes 2009.  Third Generation Pendolino, the ETR460, had a totally new design by Giorgetto Giugiaro was the next evolution step. Picture by Jeff Leknes 2009. Fourth generation of Pendolinos, the ETR600/ETR610, look very much like the had a totally new design by Giorgetto Giugiaro was the next evolution step. Picture by Chriusha 2009, published under Creative Commons 3.0. |
The
Pendolino ETR401 was the first Italian unit to start runs in 1975. The
train is easily recognizeable by its distinctive round nose. The train
had 2 driving trailers and 2 intermediate cars. The technology of these
trains was later adapted to use in the next generation 450 Pendolino
prototype, which started its revenue traffic in 1989 in Italy. The
maximum tilting andle of this unit is an incredible 13 degrees! The ETR460/470/480 series were the first improved production series of the improved Pendolinos. While the ETR460 and ETR480 are in use in Italy, the ETR470 is the Swiss-Italian Cisalpino 1. Again there were significant improvements: the tilting mechanism was now in bogies only instead of extending the mechanism to the car bodies, the new aluminum construction was used and the modern AC traction was introduced.
Manufacturer type: Pendolino ETR450
Manufacturer type: Pendolino ETR460
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| Karelia Trains Pendolinos, Finnish class Sm6 | |
 Picture above: The Allegro unit 01 shares the service facilities of VR-Yhtyma with the S220 Pendolinos. Notice the near similar design on both trains only noticeable added differences being the technologies required in Russia. Picture below: Unit 01 on the test run in Kerava Finland. This is the first ever press picture published of the train on line. Both pictures by Stanislav Voronin 2010.   Picture above: the roofline clearly shows the multiple communications equipment needed in either Russia or Finland, where the trains go into operation. Below: The techniques of the 400 series Pendolino clearly show in this picture taken from below when the train was lifted in the harbor. Both pictures by Stanislav Voronin 2010.   |
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Karelia trains is a joint venture between the RZD of Russia (the mighty
Russian Railways) and the Finnish state owned operator VR-Yhtyma.
VR-Yhtyma already has 18 400 series / S220 Pendolino units in
use. The arrived new trains look very similar to the older ones,
but there are also some major improvements to their technology. Finnish Class: Sm6 Manufacturer type: Pendolino ETRXX0 The first two Pendolino units are in Finland and have
been going through various tests phase both in Finland and the first
unti also in Russia.
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