Desiro UK bogie exhibited at the Technical University of Graz, Austria. This bogie is equipped with a contact shoe for the electric side rail of DC lines in southern England. The Desiro UK bogies are built at Siemens SGP Graz. The bogie is standing on a "frame sleeper track" (Rahmenschwellengleis), a new Austrian development which has not yet found a regularly application. 2002-09-17.
photo: tobias b köhler