The french TGV (train à grande vitesse, High speed train) sets a new conventional rail record, with a speed of 574.8 kmh. The record was established on April 3,2007, surpassing the previous record ...
The french TGV (train à grande vitesse, High speed train) sets a new conventional rail record, with a speed of 574.8 kmh. The record was established on April 3,2007, surpassing the previous record of 1990 (515.3kmh). The train is a special tgv, named "V150" (for 150 met/sec, ca. 540kmh)with a souded-up engine (25,000hp, like two F1 starting grids), and larger wheels.
Le TGV atteint la vitesse de 574.8 kmh, établissant un nouveau record du monde de vitesse sur rail. Le record est établi le 3 avril 2007, surpassant le précédent record de 1990 (515.3kmh). Le train est un tgv spécial, avec des moteurs survitaminés (25,000 cv, l'équivalent de deux grilles de départ de F1), des roues plus larges...
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You can watch a video (watch?v=e_rhCpLQ0Is), taken from a passenger point of view, in one of the test runs taken a few days previous to that record. They went up to 542 km/h (337 mph). The camera shake is bad, but you can tell it is from a non-expert person (you can hear the lady going Oh là là! at 6:19). Personnally, I would have given an arm and a leg to be on that ride!...
It's easy because we are the best of the world in the field of railways! Transport quality is excellent and it is less than 3 hours to go from Marseille to Paris!
gotshark "We are the best of the world !" "We are the best of the world ! " I hate that sort of pathetic self admiration ! Sounds like an italian post in an italian forum !
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Personnally, I would have given an arm and a leg to be on that ride!...
Transport quality is excellent and it is less than 3 hours to go from Marseille to Paris!
Isn't it a record my friend :D ??
Bye bye
I hate that sort of pathetic self admiration ! Sounds like an italian post in an italian forum !