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The 20 2-car units of class 610 were introduced in 1992 and were DB's first tilting DMUs They spent their lives on the diesel worked lines north-east of Nürnberg where they clocked up an average of around 5 million km each before being withdrawn as non-standard at the end of 2014.
The 610s were built by a consortium of German builders using the proven FIAT Pendolino hydraulic tilt system and were unusual in having underfloor engines combined with 3-phase electric transmission.
