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Published: 2009-03-12 12:21:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1181; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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Chompin' at the bit, one of Italy's ETR 500 trainsets sits at Roma Termini. Thankfully, the Italians have the sense to give their high speed trains an interesting name, even if it's a ripoff of another well-named high speed train...Eurostar (Italia).Incidentally, the Italians also gave their high speed lines a good name. Instead of LGV (Line of Grand Velocity), SFS (SchnellFahrStrecke), or High Speed Line, the Italians call the fastest routes "Diretissima." Great marketing!
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"Direttissima" is actually the name of three old lines (Roma-Napoli and Bologna-Firenze built in 1920s and 1930s, and Firenze-Roma built in late 1970s).
Of these three, only the latter was a "high speed" line, built for speeds up to 200km/h.
The new and true italian high speed lines are simply called "TAV" (Treno ad Alta VelocitΓ , High Speed Train) or Alta VelocitΓ (High Speed)... not a very interesting name indeed. XD
The ETR 500 trainsets are changing their colorscheme and name (this grey colorscheme by Giugiaro is actually pretty depressing...), and they're now called Frecciarossa (Red Arrow). ^_^
I'm not a high speed trains fan, but the Frecciarossa looks pretty good, especially because the main Trenitalia coloscheme is the XMPR, which is VERY depressing!
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Sono d'accordo... la livrea XMPR Γ¨ davvero noiosa.
Prima i treni delle FS avevano tutti una livrea propria.
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Non solo abbiamo una sola livrea unificata (che alla lunga stanca), ma Γ¨ pure un accostamento di colori veramente poco felice... personalmente mi ricorda la muffa. :/
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Thanks for the information.
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It looks so much like acela amtrak. A bit critique : The train station need some extra cleaning service.
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Yeah, most everything in Italy looks like it would be a whole lot more beautiful if it just were to have more janitors on staff.
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Love it!, love your composition. I wish I had this much access to such a variety of motives!
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You're welcome to visit us...
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Man, that train just screams "fast!". That, and the right-of-way looks like crap.
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Yeah, it's interesting how disparate the quality of the track structure is just between the two tracks visible in this picture. Roma Termini is a stub-end station, so there's not much need to have the bumper-post end of the tracks in pristine condition...
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Thanks. 
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I can't get to see, least you have that privilege
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Man, a taste of honey's worse than none at all.
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Nice shot, though if the open access operator that that guy from Ferrari and stuff has set up goes ahead, they will have Alstom AGV sets to run...
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Yes, you mean the company NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori), isn't it?
They named the AGV train "Italo".
Operations will begin around 2011.
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Well, that'll make railfanning in Italy even more interesting.
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It will, as said open access operator will be the AGVs launch customer, showing SNCF how it's done no doubt...
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Wonderful perspective and movement (even if the train is standing still
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Thank you kindly! (^_^)
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This shot is amazingly focuse... everything is coming from a specific point in the photo and surging forward, which is a great effect.
There's nearly always something to take away from that, but you nailed it.
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Wow! Thank you kindly! (^_^) I'll try not to let your comment get to my head...
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