by Tadman
What bdawe said. Check out pics if you need to, but the recent ICE (and clone Eurostar, AVE, Russkie version) have ability to board right behind the driver and look into his/her compartment. The Shinkansen has always been EMU. (Read "Old Man Thunder"!)
We're way afield of using SD70 for passenger power, other than to show that Amtrak's "It's never gonna work/It didn't work in 1968" mantra is bunkos. JR started high speed EMU at the same time the Metroliner entered service. One lasted 40 years, one was junk.
ICE 3, or Intercity-Express 3, is a family of high-speed electric multiple unit trains operated by Deutsche Bahn.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_3
The trains were powered by 25 kV AC electricity at 60 Hz with all axles of all cars powered by 185 kW traction motors, giving a 220 km/h (140 mph) operation top speed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_Series_Shinkansen
The British Rail Class 800 AT300 is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railwayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_800
We're way afield of using SD70 for passenger power, other than to show that Amtrak's "It's never gonna work/It didn't work in 1968" mantra is bunkos. JR started high speed EMU at the same time the Metroliner entered service. One lasted 40 years, one was junk.
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.