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General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: The D on Jun 30, 2007, 06:10:41 PM

Title: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: The D on Jun 30, 2007, 06:10:41 PM

I stumble upon a video about the Shanghai maglev train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-54gBLwK3s) while on youtube. The train's capable of a nice 270mph/430kph. I wondered if this was the fastest train, but I thought I had heard something about the french train beating some record this year.

In April, a modified TGV reached 357mph/574kph. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfDWtbioEM) But that's still not the fastest train ever.

A test maglev (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUKTY6xLoAI) in Japan hit 581kph in 2003. Here's another video at ground level. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPSd9GULjFo)

But since the TGV only travels normally around 200mph, and the Japanese train is experimental, that makes the Chinese train the fastest train in normal operation.

So much for the cold war.

Why doesn't the US have such fast as fuck trains? If the big oil companies spent those hundreds of millions in profits on train technology, we'd have shit like this, instead of being beat by the French, the Japanese, and the Chinese. And hell, even the Germans, since the Chinese maglev was made in Germany.

But us Americans love us some high gas prices and some 50 ton semi-truck SUVs.






Oh yea, I also got a 20gb iPod today...  fuck a iPhone.

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: Firebird1 on Jun 30, 2007, 10:20:34 PM

This has more to due with cheap fuel and cars everyone can afford.  However I agree that we need a train system like this.

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: B E C K on Jul 01, 2007, 01:35:03 AM

Too much Youtube.

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: The D on Jul 02, 2007, 04:00:16 PM

But it's an uberfast train :(

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: B E C K on Jul 02, 2007, 05:53:48 PM

And I have an uber-slow connection.  Me, Squirrelly, Rama, and probably E.

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: Rama on Jul 03, 2007, 01:24:27 AM

If I have three hours to waste I might be able to watch one of your clips.

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: B E C K on Jul 03, 2007, 04:56:05 PM

:lol:

Title: Re: Fastest Train - 360mph
Post by: The D on Jul 05, 2007, 05:45:39 PM

:(



If I was emo I'd be cutting myself over this. I think I'll just cut someone else instead.