On a beautiful late afternoon 1761 leaves Amsertdam Central station

with the 17.00 cross-border international to Hannover. Hauled by a Nederlandse Spoorwege electric locomotives of some 6 200hp, they were built by Alstom in the early 1990s and are based on the SNCF 1600s of the 1980s. There were 81 built but some have succumbed to, for example fire! An IC3 stands to the left waiting to leave for Amersfoort.