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Or forty-year-old railcars on an electrified line. I start from the old Leopolder bell (it will last a couple more months, then the ACCm) of my village on board an ALe 582 electric railcar (a group without a future, on the tracks since 1987, which will not have the mandatory fire prevention system installed from 2021). In Palazzolo sull'Oglio, with the works to remove the 3rd track and build platforms and elevators, the historic rolling stock of the Palazzolo-Paratico, evicted from the RFI tracks and hosted on a private stump of a carpentry shop adjacent to the station. In the morning they are there; when I pass by again this evening they will no longer be there: today is February 5, 2019. Rovato, with the adjacent former SNFT station, has also been closed to travelers for two months on the route to Bornato. Due to work in progress on the traditional line, passing through the Piccola Velocità yard, we enter Brescia on the AV tracks and end on track 14. A look at the ALn 668 traps on the Brescia Edolo trunks, with the characteristic ex SNFT gated interconnections, between ATR 115 Stadler. FR Frecciarossa on tracks 10 and 11 dedicated to them. Arrives and I take R 2059 Milan-Verona; E 464 + MDVC. At Verona Porta Nuova OBB material, Austrian railways. Railjet and Nightjet. On track 10 arrive, from Rovigo, the veteran ALn 668 1237 (year 1980) and 1222 (year 1979 ... congratulations!), in use by SI Sistemi Territoriali. Then, on platform t, the isolated ALn 668 1214 trap arrives from Rovigo, which celebrated its 40th birthday... disguising itself as a coloured palette, for graffiti. I leave on the 668 for Rovigo and get off immediately at Buttapietra, a silent and quiet little station, still with the Leopolders announcing the trains. Lots of transits, even ECs. A gem: the E 633 111, first series, still in service. They come from Verona and I take the ALn 668 1221 and 1237 railcars. I get off at Isola della Scala. Transits of the Bologna-Brennero. Pendolino ETR 600 FA Frecciargento 8509 Sibari-Bolzano, the longest-distance Freccia in Italy. I return to Verona on the ATR 110 201 Stadler GTW 2/6 of SI Sistemi Territoriali. In Verona, a quick connection to Brescia; I get a Vivalto. In Peschiera, I cross with Casaralta type 1979 ... with envied opening windows. In Brescia, ALe 582 coloured palettes for graffiti immediately stand out. I take ALe 582 to Bergamo ... in Palazzolo (there are no longer any historic rolling stock ... end of an era) I cross with ETR 485 Pendolino FA 8525 Bergamo-Rome. Arrival in Grumello and ... see you next time!