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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: smaller;">Image:Db-410001-01.jpg <tr><th>Builder</th><td>Siemens, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp, Thyssen-Henschel, AEG, BBC</td></tr><tr><th>UIC classification</th><td>Bo'Bo'+2'2'+2'2'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'</td></tr><tr><th>Total weight</th><td>296 t (powerheads 77.7 t each)</td></tr><tr><th>Top speed</th><td>406.9 km/h (252.8 mph)</td></tr><tr><th>Power output</th><td>8,400 kW (2×4,200 kW)</td></tr><tr><th>Delivered</th><td>31 July 1985</td></tr><tr><th>Last run</th><td>Summer 1998</td></tr>

InterCityExperimental (ICE-V)

Power type	electric

The InterCityExperimental, later renamed ICE-V, was an experimental train for research into high-speed rail. It is the predecessor of all InterCity Express trains.

Deutsche Bundesbahn has been operating InterCity trains at up to 200 km/h since 1973. The following year, research into even higher speeds began. After several test trains it was decided in September 1982 to construct the InterCityExperiental. Construction cost of 94 million Mark (48.1 million Euro) was shared between the Federal Ministry for Research, DB and the companies involved. The train was officially delivered in July 1985 an exceeded 300 km/h in October 1985. When a part of the Hanover—Würzburg high-speed line was completed in 1988, testing for higher speeds could begin. On 1 May 1988, ICExperimental set a new land speed record for railed vehicles at 406.9 km/h. The record was re-taken by a TGV two years later. Following the delivery of the ICE 1, the ICE-V was only used for materials testing. The train was retired in 1998 and its powerheads and cars placed in exhibitions and memorials at different sites. It was replaced by ICE-S.de:InterCityExperimental zh:試驗型城際列車特快