New Train speed record.

[Jay]

A new Train speed record has just been set in France a couple days ago.

http://www.record2007.com/site/index_en.php

Click on the circle on the left for the footage of the record speed run, Veyron eat your heart out!

 

[Small_Fryz]

Wonder how far away the sound barrier is for a "commercial" train. I know rocket sleds have got like mach 7 or somethin.

Cant wait till maglev is developed properly!

 

[Diablomonkey]

I wouldn't mind riding on that

 

[a6m5]

I saw this one on the news. 356mph. Wow. The chicken that I am, if they offered me a seat on that record breaking ride, I would've declined.

 

[Gen.]

Now France can deliver the white flag to Berlin in under 2 hours!

 

[a6m5]

Ouch! That's uncalled for.

 

[ferrari_chris]

Damn. That's quick!

You really get a sense of the speed from the side on shot, and when it goes under the bridge.

 

[Loon]

I saw that on the news too. They said the ride was real smooth, waiters on the train would sort of show off how smooth it was by filling up peoples glasses almost all the way to the top, without spilling a drop.

 

[donbenni]

I saw that on the news too. They said the ride was real smooth, waiters on the train would sort of show off how smooth it was by filling up peoples glasses almost all the way to the top, without spilling a drop.

How very French.

Quite the impressive vid, shame about the abismal commentry.

 

[szymoniec]

It's probably first thing that Frenchmen did well.

 

[Roo]

It's the fastest train on rails. The actual train speed record belongs to the JR-Maglev, which managed 361mph on a test run in December 03 in Japan.

The fastest railed vehicle record, apparantly, was set in an American Air Force base by a rocket sled that reached 6,453mph (Mach 8.5). Not quite sure why you'd want to do that though...

 

[Slick Rick]

What does that 'pk' number in green stand for?

 

[Bram Turismo]

It would be cool to have a video where the trains starts from zero, at some points in the video, that train accelerated like hell!

Did a little search after the Maglev train, 581 km/h and the technology behind it is amazing!

 

[Jay]

It's the fastest train on rails. The actual train speed record belongs to the JR-Maglev, which managed 361mph on a test run in December 03 in Japan.

I think if this V150 TGV train had a little longer to accelerate before it need to slow it would match the Maglevs speed, though it shows how much potential the Maglev technology has considering as it isn't developed like conventional electric trains are.

 

[Sureboss]

It's the fastest train on rails. The actual train speed record belongs to the JR-Maglev, which managed 361mph on a test run in December 03 in Japan.

The fastest railed vehicle record, apparantly, was set in an American Air Force base by a rocket sled that reached 6,453mph (Mach 8.5). Not quite sure why you'd want to do that though...

Those Japanese ones are the levitating ones though aren't they? Impressive technology, but I think 356 on rails is a little more impressive.

Got a link for that American Air Force base rocket sled? That is indeed quick, would you actually see it at that speed?

 

[Jay]

Got a link for that American Air Force base rocket sled? That is indeed quick, would you actually see it at that speed?

 

[Loon]

It's the fastest train on rails. The actual train speed record belongs to the JR-Maglev, which managed 361mph on a test run in December 03 in Japan.

The fastest railed vehicle record, apparantly, was set in an American Air Force base by a rocket sled that reached 6,453mph (Mach 8.5). Not quite sure why you'd want to do that though...

The question isn't why you'd want to do that, the question is why wouldn't you want to do that.

 

[Keichi Tsuchiya]

What's the boom at the end?

 

[Keef]

They were testing a weapon, not going for a speed record. There was probably an air-to-ground missile on the end of the sled, and to safely test it hitting a target they propelled it at the speed it would normally fly.

 

[ExigeEvan]

If only Britain's rail ines werent more twisted than spaghetti.

An impressive record though, It must be amazingly difficult prvent air getting underneath the chassis and lifting the train.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Such a train doesn't weigh nothing, I think ALOT of air must come underneath that to lift it O_o

 

[Omnis]

Such a train doesn't weigh nothing, I think ALOT of air must come underneath that to lift it O_o

pssst..... Magnets!

 

[ExigeEvan]

Such a train doesn't weigh nothing, I think ALOT of air must come underneath that to lift it O_o

But it's going really fast, and is really long so has alot of surface area and it's not traveling over smooth tarmac, it's on a railway line, set on gravel.

All combined must have made it one hell of a hard aerodynamics job.

 

[Tedehur]

What does that 'pk' number in green stand for?

PK stands for Point Kilométrique (kilometric checkpoint). It's the distance from the start.

BTW, that V150 train weighs 234 tons, so there's no chance that the air layer underneath may lift it. At such speeds it's more like a laminar flow under the train.
Its power was no less than 25,000 hp, and the codename V150 stands for Vitesse (speed) and 150 m/s, the speed they aimed at reaching.

 

[Famine]

What does that 'pk' number in green stand for?

Kilometre point. Or "Pointe kilometre". Basically the distance counting down. From what I could tell, they had only a limited section of track to do the run on, and had to back off at kilometre point 192 (192km to their destination).


Edit: Nuts. Treed.

 

[daan]

and had to back off at kilometre point 192 (192km to their destination).

Is that how far it needs to stop?

 

[Tedehur]

^ The track section had been carefully chosen, with a slight downward slope, the ballast and catenary had been reinforced, the train had special bigger wheels...
And they know exactly at what point the train would reach the expected speed of 150 m/s : there was a bridge at that point, where all the officials and cameras were standing (show off)

BTW, the 'PK' counter decreases in the video, so it's rather a distance to the finish.


Edit : daan, it takes the normal TGV 3 kilometers to stop, so I guess this one needs between 5 and 10 kilometers to stop.

 

[daan]

I love how it's name directly translates as the train of large speed. It does exactly what it says on the tin. 👍

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

The fastest railed vehicle record, apparantly, was set in an American Air Force base by a rocket sled that reached 6,453mph (Mach 8.5). Not quite sure why you'd want to do that though...

You could ride it. Granted, the G-forces would kill you almost instantly, but you could ride it if you wanted.

 

[Sureboss]

I love how it's name directly translates as the train of large speed. It does exactly what it says on the tin. 👍

They couldn't do that here.

The Train of many reliability problems

The Train of gangs who might mug you

etc.