| From my bedroom's window... High horsepower under 3000 V C.C wires! At 8.50 a.m., Turin bound high speed train ETR 500 AV (2 x 5860 HP continous horsepower) is leaving the station, while B-B high horsepower electric locomotive E 402 B Class (rated at 8000 HP continous horsepower) for fast and heavy passenger service (in the foreground) is manoevring in the yard. At the centre of scene, near ETR 500, 245 class 0-3-0 diesel-hydraulic switcher is waiting. |