25,000-horsepower , 357.2 mph

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:43 pm

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, ... 57,00.html

A French high-speed train has smashed the world speed record on rails after reaching 357.2mph.

The specially-designed bullet train easily topped the old speed record of 320mph, also set by a French train in 1990.

The double-decker TGV, short for "train a grande vitesse", hurtled along a new stretch of track from Paris towards Strasbourg as crowds watched from bridges over the line.

It had been equipped with larger wheels and a beefed-up 25,000-horsepower engine.

The souped-up train recorded 357.2mph on the speedometer - about the speed of a short-distance freight propeller plane.

Britain's fastest Virgin trains reach a maximum speed of 125mph.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:44 pm

i'd hate to see THAT thing fly off the tracks...

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:09 pm

I bet the wind that that thing kicks up is amazing!

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:40 pm

Opi wrote:i'd hate to see THAT thing fly off the tracks...

IIRC At least in France and I believe Japan as well, they have had little to no accidents with their high speed trains. But......

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:04 pm

they only go rediculously fast on straight aways....on curves and such they go much slower like 100mph....well that's least i think with amtrack....

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:18 am

g force FTMFW... they are just pussies when it come to corners....

saw this on the news... and there was a cloud of dust (so to speak) following this train.

JRM · Post by **JRM** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:47 am

Powerful magnetic fields propel the hovering Maglev train along a guideway without it ever touching the track.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:52 am

maglev is cool... superconductivity with magnets, though it requires alot of cooling to get it to work properly (atleast when I studied it in highschool back in 97)

Marthby · Post by **Marthby** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:28 pm

I want THAT kind of horse power in my Neon!

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:17 pm

some one should have put a penny on the track ahahha

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25,000-horsepower , 357.2 mph

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