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Danish built IC3 Flexliner rolling through Sturtevant, WI in 1997.
I had forgotten about those. It's interesting how trains rejected in one place years ago are still in service elsewhere... these, the Swedish X-2000 and first generation ICE, not to mention VIA and Superliners.
 
I didn't know about the flexliner, thanks. Interesting discussion about it over at train orders readable here:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1196512

But back to reality…

I recognized those big black bumpers and hadn't realized that those had been tested (but it does bring back a vague recollection) - I've heard that they aren't the most reliable in Danish service or something (learned from a video watching someone taking them in DK - I think it was DSB - they get used a lot in Scanian service as well).
 
Spain used to have some as well. They later got rebuilt with more conventional front ends. Israel had some too, and possibly still does today.
 
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I rode these in Denmark several times, including once on the train to Hamburg via the Rodby - Puttgarden train ferry. I understand this train ferry has since been discontinued in favor of a bus bridge feeding the ferry. The ferry will eventually be replaced by a combined highway and rail tunnel, which is already under construction.

I considered these trains pleasant to ride in, with comfortable seats and spacious interiors.

I had forgotten about those. It's interesting how trains rejected in one place years ago are still in service elsewhere... these, the Swedish X-2000 and first generation ICE, not to mention VIA and Superliners.
The Swedish Rc type, from which Amtrak's AEM-7 was cloned, is also still in use in Sweden today AFAIK.
 
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I rode these in Denmark several times, including once on the train to Hamburg via the Rodby - Puttgarden train ferry. I understand this train ferry has since been discontinued in favor of a bus bridge feeding the ferry.

Not exactly. The railway line to the port in Rødby, Denmark, was going to be closed for track upgrades related to the new rail tunnel. At the same time, various improvement projects in Jutland meant it became quicker to route the Copenhagen-Hamburg train via Jutland and Flensburg. The last train rolled onto the ferry in 2020 or 2021 I think.
 
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