Rassian's Fastest Train

German Siemens AG-made Sapsan

A railroad man cleans a window of German Siemens AG-made Velaro series high speed train named Sapsan before an inaugural ceremony in St. Petersburg on December 26, 2008. Russian railways will get 8 trains by the end of 2010. A girl walks behind a poster of German Siemens AG-made Velaro series high speed train named Sapsan before an inaugural ceremony in St. Petersburg on December 26, 2008. Russian railways will get 8 trains by the end of 2010. A policeman with a sniffing dog patrols and a municipal worker cleans a German Siemens AG-made Sapsan high speed train of the Velaro RUS series before an inaugural ceremony at Moskovsky (Moscow) railway station in St Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. Sapsan is the first of 8 trains, which will be delivered to Russia by the end of 2010.  CEO of Siemens Peter Loescher (L) and CEO of Deutsche Bahn Hartmut Mehdorn shake hands after signing for 15 new ICE 3 express trains from German industrial giant Siemens in a deal worth some 500 million euro, at the German railway operator's headquarters in Berlin December 17, 2008.