these trains are being manufactured by hitachi railfor italian rail 0perator, tren italia based on hitachiail�*s masaccio platform. the characteristic is that it can combine during the trip and change this technology in during the live so without any sort of discontinuity and any sort of disruption. tren italia brand's their services around different music genres such as rock, pop orjazz. they've decided to brand these such trains as blues. diesel trains are still necessary and are likely to be for some time because of the wide variation in the amount of electrified lines, particularly across europe. so train manufacturers and railway operators across the world are looking at greener and more efficient ways to power their trains when external electric power isn't available. however, these trains will still rely on diesel power for large parts of some routes. the batteries only have a range of 15 kilometres at present, though they can be recharged while the train is in operation, both in diesel and electric mode. when it's near a station, the batteries power the train completely cutting emi