Final countdown for Paris-Frankfurt conventional daytime services (Deadline: 09/06/1007!!!).
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Class 181.2 (181-207) of DB-FV, seen on EC 56 (Frankfurt Hbf ---> Paris Est), shortly after leaving Saarbrücken Hbf, its ultimate stop in Germany.
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At this stage, this formation is nearing the German-French border, which itself stands between both kinds of catenary masts...
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Pantographs are already down, as the voltage change-over (15kV-16 2/3Hz AC ---> 25kV-50Hz AC) closely coincides with the border.
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Saarbrücken-Stiring Wendel [Forbach Frontière].
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3rd June 2007. 
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P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)