A 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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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...

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Happy birthday at the tgv, (25old),
TGV can't blows campbell, so he blowing the camera:)

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French TGV world speed record of 3rd April 2007 (574.8 kilometres per hour / 357 miles per hour).

(Previous official speed record for a train running on rails was 515.3 kmph, set in France in 1990; other unofficial records & maglev world record at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record_for_railed_vehicles )

The special train, called V150 (velocity 150 meters/second), is an enhanced version of trains that will run on the Paris-Strasbourg line from June 2007.

The V150 was made up of two normal cars that will run on the eastern TGV track and three double-decker carriages and can develop over 25,000...

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Mit dem TGV bei 320 kmh von München nach Nürnberg in dem Spiel Protrain Perfect.

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Quittant la gare du nord, à Paris, deux TGV exceptionnels, l'un des 3 Eurostars en livrée TGV ainsi que le TGV Iris 320 d'analyse des équipements ferroviaires à haute vitesse!
Vous pouvez aussi voir deux métros se croisant en hauteur!

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A TGV Duplex arriving at Paris-Gare de Lyon.

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Special camera on shoulder view !
0 to 165MPH/ 0 to 270KMH in one duplex TGV.

At 2:48 = 100MPH/160KMH
At 4:10 = 165MPH/270KMH

Train's electric engines zoom fans, that's your videos !

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Record mondial de vitesse sur rail, le 3 avril 2007 à 13h13 sur France 2.
Vitesse : 574,8km/h

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TGV high speed train at 200km/h

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Départ du TGV aux couleurs de Fortis

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The video start in Paris, we made the race whit a commuter trains !
Working area on the LGV speed limit was 100MPH/160KMH.

At 0:53 we passed a bridge after Macon, you can hearing the cab signal changing from 165 mph/270kmh to 183MPH/300KMH at 0:55 by a "bip", so the enginer can push the power of the TGV !

After that we travel to Lyon at 183mph/300kmh.
At 3:52 note the speed controler is on "neutral" position, at 4:10 the enginer push the throttle lever up for keep up the velocity at full speed.

There part 3 coming ...

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La rame numéro 13 du TGV sud-est au pelliculage spécial pour le film 'Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis', énorme succès du cinéma français en 2008.
Ce TGV passe ici sur le pont Garonne en quittant la gare de Bordeaux St Jean.

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New World Speed Record TGV 574 KM/H

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Croisement TRAIN DE FRET n° 42497 avec TGV n° 534
BB 22302 + Fret Combiné / Rame TGV Réseau n° 521
Gare de Lens
Le Samedi 04.09.1999

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