ICE 3M (BR 406)
The ICE 3M (BR 406) is an electric unit from Germany in Train Sim World. It comes with 2 routes, and another DLC brings it to 3 more.
Picture: on Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn: Mannheim – Kaiserslautern, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
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: ICE3M, BR 406, DB BR 406, BR 406 ICE 3M.
In these DLCs: Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn: Mannheim – Kaiserslautern, Schnellfahrstrecke Köln - Aachen.
The real thing
A family of high-speed electric multiple units run by Deutsche Bahn. The Class 406, or ICE 3M, was the multi-system version, now retired. ICE 3 trains run at up to 300 km/h in Germany and 320 km/h on French high-speed lines.
- Built by: Siemens, ADtranz, Bombardier (Wikipedia)
- Number built: Class 403: 50, Class 406: 17 (retired), Class 407: 17, Class 408: 90 (on order) (Wikipedia)
- Operators: DB Fernverkehr, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Wikipedia)
- Top speed: Class 403/406: 330 km/h (205 mph), Class 407/408: 320 km/h (199 mph) (Wikipedia)
- Power: 8000 kW (10,728 hp) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
- Formation: 8 cars per trainset (Wikipedia)
- Safety systems: ICE 3: Sifa, PZB90, LZB, ICE 3M: Sifa, PZB90, LZB80, Crocodile, TVM430, KVB, ATB, ETCS (Wikipedia)
Photo: Sebastian Terfloth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.