Fast train

[Tim]

Rail speed record set in France

The TGV train hurtled into the record books at nearly 575 kilometres per hour. Reuters
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A French train has set a new land speed record for a train travelling on rails.
The train has travelled at a speed 60 kilometres per hour faster than an earlier French model did in 1990.
With the speed of a small plane, the French double-decker TGV train hurtled into the record books at nearly 575 kilometres per hour.
The sleek black and chrome bullet train had been equipped with special large wheels and two supercharged engines for the record attempt and the track had been strengthened to support the extra speed.
The ultimate speed record for any train was set in Japan four years ago when a magnetically-levitated train travelled at a speed of 581 kilometres per hour.
-BBC




That's 357 mph.... damn that's fast

 

[sharpies]

I watched the footage of that on the news tonight. That was friggin' awesome - it's hard to believe you would want to go that fast on rails, or that you could.

I think I'd feel safer in the Japanese Mag-lev.

Allan

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Only other form of travel that's faster anymore is by airplane, a Boeing 737 flies somewhere in the 500 mph range.

 

[Boomer]

Got damn! thats friggin quick man. Could you imagine what would happen if that hit you? Poof! Just a cloud of blood.

 

[sundvlfn88]

I would love to ride on that. That is land travel at it's finest.

 

[Jenita]

Hi,

Recently I heard about this news.

 

[Peter Parka]

I've been on one!:tongue: