Germany · Electric unit

ICE 1 (BR 401)

The ICE 1 (BR 401) is an electric unit from Germany in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route, and another DLC brings it to 6 more.

Picture: on Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg, Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

Comes with

Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: BR 401, DB ICE1, DB ICE 1, BR 401 ICE 1, DB BR 401 ICE 1.

In these DLCs: Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg, DB BR 403 ICE 3 Railbow.

The real thing

The first German high-speed train built in series, and the first of the Intercity Express family. Trains have two Class 401 power cars with up to 14 cars between them. Service started in 1991 at up to 250 km/h, raised to 280 km/h in May 1995.

Built by: AEG, ABB, Henschel, KraussMaffei, Krupp, Siemens Mobility (Wikipedia)
Built: 1989–1993 (Wikipedia)
Number built: 60 (Wikipedia)
Operators: DB Fernverkehr, Amtrak (formerly) (Wikipedia)
Top speed: 280 km/h (174 mph) (Wikipedia)
Power: 9600 kW (12,874 hp) (GTO power converters), 7600 kW (10,192 hp) (IGBT power converters) (Wikipedia)
Formation: 2 power cars, 12 intermediate cars (up to 14 possible), 9 intermediate cars (after the second refurbishment) (Wikipedia)
Safety systems: Sifa, PZB90, LZB (all trainsets), Integra-Signum and ETCS (trainsets for service in Switzerland) (Wikipedia)

Photo: Nelso Silva, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article ICE 1 and Wikidata.

Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.