French set new rail speed record

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Bridges, trains, aircraft, cars....
...French high-speed train (TGV) has smashed the world record for a train on conventional rails by a big margin, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph)...
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It does matter .. Where TF are we today?
Apart from up the Shatt Al Arab without the proverbial...

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we (U.K.) as a nation matured very quickly, very early, this was in the Victorian era. our approach to building railways, roads, canals, bridges etc was bourne out of an urgent necessity, and a little bit of forward planning was somewhat forgotten.

as a result, some of the layout of railways and roads were a little bit haphazard, and made worse by being built by different companies with their own agendas. this lead to a meandering railway that cannot cope with high speed rail. unfortunately modernization of the railways has been painfully slow, and it's only now we're doing something about it.

bridges were the only exception, although a lot of lesser rural bridges were far too narrow.

this is what i think anyhow.
 
Had our day then?
Continually wasting dosh on shuffling the deckchairs - make and mend :confused:
 
I seem to remember there was a post here some time back that i thought showed a vid of a japanese train hitting 600+kph?
 
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big-all said:
tim west said:
I seem to remember there was a post here some time back that i thought showed a vid of a japanese train hitting 600+kph?
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the japanese one was probably experimental maglev [magnetic levitation]
so not traditional steel wheels on steel rails

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/web.adp?query=japanese maglev record&invocationType=sb_uk[/QUOTE]not sure on that to be honest but there were loads of passengers onboard with a digital display next to the door showing 600+ i'll try and search for it but i've feeling it was in the old chat forum and the general discussion pages only go back 111 odd pages
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empip said:
Had our day then?
Continually wasting dosh on shuffling the deckchairs - make and mend :confused:
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not realy the money is investment bringing the infrastructure up to date after decades of underinvestment
 
No can't find it, Pip do you remember the thread? i've tried japan, japanese,speed,train but can't find it, do you remember the video with the white digital speedometer? it showed the landscape whizzing by the windows I think the post had a link to this video somewhere would be interested whether it was Maglev or not.
 
The Japanese 600 + was mag lev and not wheels on track.

One advantage the French have is their government not only permits the building of straight tracks with little regard for any property along the chosen route but it also encourages it.
 
bernardgreen said:
The Japanese 600 + was mag lev and not wheels on track.

One advantage the French have is their government not only permits the building of straight tracks with little regard for any property along the chosen route but it also encourages it.
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cheers for clearing that up Bernard, would you know of the link to that particular video?
 
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