Nightfall under Paris Gare de Lyon sheds where high speed trains and regional trains are waiting departure. The Lyria TGV is the world record trainset #4402 which have run at 574,8 KpH on April 20... (more)

Mallard has been designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. The 3rd. of July 1938 this locomotive broke the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 miles per hour, a record that has never been beaten.... (more)

This trainset is one of the world record high speed trains, the TGV A #325 have reach on May 18th 1990 the speed of 515,3 Kph near Vendôme at 110 Km South-West on this line !

The former world record TGV 4402 (April 3th, 2007, = 574,8 Km/h) runs as TGV 9214 Bern-Basel-Paris in direction north, recorded between Burgdorf and Wynigen.

10 years and few months after the 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 marking rem... (more)

Sophie is the oldest French high speed trainset which running in 2016! Now this TGV #02 is running on South-East line and first TGV #01 is running on North line. Both trainsets (nicknamed Patrick ... (more)

The first world record high speed trainset which have reach 380 Kp/H in the 80's is running everyday at 300 Kp/H since 35 years... Great French technology...

Talgo and Krauss Mafei 355 class, for test in high speed line. Also, this train, have the world speed record of diesel mode (256,38 kmph) in 2002. Talgo dual gauge sistem: https://www.youtube.com/... (more)

The world's faster railway train ! This trainset have run at 574,8 Km/h the April 3, 2007 (see RPN #227277 here www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=227277). After world record, only engines was ... (more)

During the 1950s, SNCF investigations into high-speed rail saw some CC 7100 class locomotives specially modified for operation at speeds far higher than their regular service speed. These experime... (more)

For the heritage days BB 66170 has pulled preserverd material for exhibition. In March 1955 CC 7107 attained on separate high-speed runs near Bordeaux 331 kilometres per hour (206 mph) = world spe... (more)

Detail on the locomotive livery and marking on the world's faster railway train ! This trainset have run at 574,8 Km/h the April 3, 2007 (see RPN #227277 here www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id... (more)

The world's faster train (574,8 Km/h in 2007) in his new Lyria livery with only some red marks to remember this record.

The fastest train in the world (TGV POS #4402 is holding the railway speed record of the world at 357.2 mph) obviously needs an urgent cleaning. The train really looks very dirty. The TGV is seen ... (more)

Restored British Railways liveried A4 Pacific 60008 DWIGHT D EISENHOWER on display at the National Railway Museum, York. The locomotive, normally resident at the National Railroad Museum, Green... (more)