The ETR 600 is a class of trains built by Alstom, and are used on the routes between Roma-Bolzano and Roma-Trieste. The train tilts, using Pendolino technology, allowing higher speeds to be maintained through corners without causing discomfort to passengers. The trains are operated by Trenitalia, originally under the Frecciargento (Silver Arrow) branding used for trains capable of travelling between 250 km/h and 285 km/h, In 2022 they were rebranded under Frecciarossa (Red Arrow) after the Frecciargento branding was retired.

The ETR 600 has also been adapted for use in China as the China Railway CRH5 Hexie. Initially 60 sets were ordered, of which nine were manufactured by Alstom and 51 by CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles. Since, another 80 sets have been created for a total of 140, operating across China's north from Beijing to Ürümqi.

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  • naom3 [she/her]
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    3 days ago

    Yeah I think a lot of cis people want to believe in cisnormativity and transvestigating people by trying to identify boy/girl moders is ironically also destabilizing to cisnormativity in much the same way that trans people are. It’s blurring the gender binary by taking someone who has traits associated with the “opposite sex” and explicitly gendering them to cast the accused as something other than a cis man/woman. This has a similar effect to being openly trans in that it creates a gender transgression from the accused’s body. And so most cis people just don’t mention, or even think about it.

    The other part of this is that, despite what “edgy” jokes may have you believe, cis people care deeply about misgendering and understand it to be very insulting — at least to cis people that is. And accusing a cis person of boy/girl moding is essentially misgendering them and so is usually avoided for the sake of politeness

    • iridaniotter [she/her]
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      3 days ago

      Yeah I think a lot of cis people want to believe in cisnormativity and transvestigating people by trying to identify boy/girl moders is ironically also destabilizing to cisnormativity in much the same way that trans people are.

      Yes I'm pretty sure this is the gender accelerationist hyper-sexist gender shredder at work.

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      3 days ago

      Yeah exactly. If they aren't looking to insult or demean you it's unlikely they'd try to accuse or suspect you of being outside the cisnormative frame...

      cis people care deeply about misgendering and understand it to be very insulting — at least to cis people that is. And accusing a cis person of boy/girl moding is essentially misgendering them and so is usually avoided for the sake of politeness

      Never thought about this but it's true and makes so much sense. Getting misgendered implies gender transgression again sooooooo...