ICE 3 catches fire on the high speed line in Germany

[Yavianice]

 

ICE 511 (non-refurbished standard ICE 3 "Neunkirchen") en route from Cologne to Munich catches fire on the high speed line between Siegburg-Bonn and Frankfurt Flughafen, all passengers and crew are safe.

 

Cause unknown as of writing.

 

ICE Neunkirchen during happier times

 

https://nk.es-heftche.de/index.php/jahrgang-10/97-ausgabe-116-dezember-2007/1667-ice-mit-dem-namen-neunkirchen

 

So much for a blazingly fast service.

Edited October 12, 2018 by Yavianice

[chadbag]

It will be interesting to see what they determine the cause to be.   Would be pretty scary to be a passenger.