Sorry Syd. My German isn't good enough to do a word for word translation. Most of the text is the reporters personal views of the event and the difficulty that he had trying to find places for decent photography without people standing in front of him. We know all about that don't we?
Basically it was a publicity event staged by the locomotive builders Siemens on the newly built high-speed line between Nürnberg and Ingolstadt. The locomotive used (1216-050) was one of a batch built for the Austrian Railways (OBB). They are multi-voltage and Siemens are marketing them as the standard "European High Speed locomotive" suitable for working in and through many of the countries in Europe (except the U.K
) The loco had been "specially prepared" for the record attempt and I assume this probably means re-geared as well as electronically tweaked. The record seems to have been broken after the second attempt.
As well as the usual hospitality tents there was a small exhibition of mainly Siemens built locomotives but the two former French record holders, SNCF electric locos BB9004 and CC7107 were also there.
John.