To receive the admission to run in Germany for the TGV-Est services beginning in 2007, the TGV-POS nr. 4401 is doing a lot of test runs. Thus, he also appears in southern Germany, where Lauritz B. made photos of HIM exclusively for www.300km-h.net.

In contrast to the TGV-POS being presented with the old Réseau-powercars in Luxembourg, the following photos do show the very first prototype with the brandnew powercars!!! But the coaches are still in the old, unrenovated livery, recognizable due to the old colour scheme on the side doors.

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On the road again in southern Germany...

Photo by Lauritz B.

...the TGV-POS nr. 4401!

Photo by Lauritz B.

Looking at the newly-constructed powercar, ...

Photo by Lauritz B.

... the transition to the 1st class trailer...

Photo by Lauritz B.

... and the 2nd class' one

Photo by Lauritz B.

His nose is very, very similar to the one of the TGV-Duplex

Photo by Lauritz B.

The powercar in full-lenght, *rrr* ;-)

Photo by Lauritz B.

Still the TGV-POS Nr. 4401 is the only complete train, - a prototype

Photo by Lauritz B.

The TGV-POS next to an electric loco of the series 152

Photo by Lauritz B.

View onto his elegant side-profile, one can see the cables due to the test activities very well

Photo by Lauritz B.