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Ride in the driver's cab of the second generation InterCityExpress, the ICE 2, from Dortmund via Bochum to Essen.
The ICE 2 impresses with an ingenious sound with GTO converters and is the only generation that still has analogue displays. Accompany me on the journey through the Ruhr region, the journey begins in Dortmund in front of a black wall of clouds, I wonder if it will rain?
We wind our way through the Ruhr at speeds of up to 160 km/h, everything seems relaxed, but then...

The camera was switched on before the journey and not operated during the journey

Production authorised at the time by:
Deutsche Bahn AG
Public Relations / Sponsoring
Film/photo project
(Authorisation no. 5562)

Professionally checked and approved by:
DB Fernverkehr AG
P.FBT 3

Further insights into the everyday life of a DB Fernverkehr AG train driver can be found on my Instagram channel:
  / ic_lokfuehrer  

00:00 Intro
00:19 Overview map
00:44 Dortmund Hbf
02:21 Dortmund Hbf - Abzw Lütgendortmund
04:32 Abzw Lütgendortmund
04:48 Abzw Lütgendortmund - Bochum-Langendreer
06:40 Bochum-Langendreer
07:34 Bochum-Langendreer - Abzw Bochum Prinz von Preußen
09:32 Abzw Bochum Prinz von Preußen
10:14 Abzw Bochum Prinz von Preußen - Bochum Hbf
10:46 Bochum Hbf
12:39 Overview map
13:04 Bochum Hbf
15:49 Bochum Hbf - Wattenscheid
17:21 Wattenscheid
17:31 Üst Wattenscheid
17:58 Wattenscheid - Essen-Kray Süd
19:23 Essen-Kray Süd
19:36 Abzw Essen-Kray Süd
19:59 Abzw Essen-Kray Süd - Essen Hbf
20:16 Essen Hbf