574.8 km/hr Train in France!!!

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574.8 km/hr Train in France!!!

Postby Burky » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:29 pm

I saw this on the news earlier :shock: . Beats the 300km/h bullet trains. When i saw it, it was on SBS in french but sortof had some idea.
From about 380 kph, vibrations in the train became more and more noticeable.




At 490 kph passengers became slightly dizzy.

At 540 kph it became difficult to remain standing despite the stability of the train.

At 570 kph, the driver - filmed on camera - wore a very big smile.

"We had no worries - no birds, good weather, none of the troubles we had during the tests," said driver Eric Pieczak.




http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=151655
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Postby Smitty » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:34 pm

aaah...bugger
that beats the 370 I did on a TGV between Lyon and Gare d'Nord in Paris

guess I gotta go back and try again :lol:
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Postby RG » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:22 pm

I'm sure it's made by Kawasaki
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Postby hoffy » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:26 pm

May be a match for the 12, but lets see how it corners.
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Postby Gosling1 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:05 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: thats gold Hoffy !!

the quickest train so far was a maglev in Japan in 2003, did 580kmh.... :shock:

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Postby Neka79 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:46 pm

hahaha nice find hoffy....

that would look great on a tshirt...
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Postby Smitty » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:54 pm

classic..Hof

nice find!
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