Paris Montparnasse Station is departure station for new high speed line named SEA (Sud Europe Atlantique). Time to reach Bordeaux from Paris is now about 2:04 hours ! Commercial speed is fixed at ... (more)
Today is the 11th years anniversary of world rail speed record at 574,8 Kp/H, the record engines run every days from Paris to Switzerland cities at 320 Kp/H (commercial speed). Just special markin... (more)
2 generations of "BB" electric locomotives: The red is coming from Venice and is a triple voltage (25 kV AC, and 3 and 1.5 kV DC); when powered by a 25 kV AC overhead supply, engines deliver about... (more)