Well, my longhaul train travel in Europe is almost exclusively on the Cologne - Amsterdam/Brussels/Frankfurt/Paris routes so it's all ICE 3 or the odd Thalys then.
Is it only the ICE 3 that has those small first compartments behind the train driver cabin?
Originally Posted by rorschi
Don't agree - to be seated for hours in an open saloon car (=Großraumwagen) with 80 or more noisy self-important businessmen on their cellphones for hours is the last thing I need on a Friday evening after a busy week in the office. The older ICE (ICE-1) and the fast ICE-3 habe at least the advantage of 6-seat-quiet-compartments; the newest ones (ICE-T and ICE-T2, but also the ICE-2) haven't.
But back to the topic: You can see the type of trains by train-number on this private site:
www.fernbahn.de -> " Wagenreihungen DB-Fahrplan 2006"
The older ICE-1-train sets are actually receiving power points (and leather seats in 1st class) in all coaches, but on the same overhauls the Audio/Video-Program are being removed, what's a big disadvantage for my travel habits...
Patrick