First Taurus Ready For Italian Railjet Services

ÖBB is preparing for railjet services to Italy, with the first built rake of concerning stock making test runs on the Austrian network. The first of the Tauruses to haul them, 1216 018, has been modified for powering railjets and repainted in railjet livery and is now back in service. This photo shows it on 21 February 2016 at Wien Hbf., having come off the rake of stock which has just terminated from Venezia Santa Lucia on EC 30.