This is 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 engi... (more)

This is 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 engi... (more)

The April 03, 2007; few seconds after performance at 574,8Km/h, the trainset decelarates without brake use. First step, only the aerodynamic resistance is used to lose speed up to ~250Km/h. Next s... (more)

This is 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 engi... (more)

At Cite du Train Museum.

At this time, track speed was limited to 168 mph.

en 1978, la BB 15025 était équipée d'un pantographe TGV pour les essais d'endurance

Following successful trials in March 1955, the SNCF ordered 92 units of the BB 9200. These locomotives could haul a train of 1000 tonnes at a maximum speed of 160 kph (99 mph). These engines were ... (more)

The world record trainset passes at 250 Km/h on the signals (like a smiley) that indicating an electrical isolation between two different feeding areas where you can see the feeders on right of th... (more)

SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alsthom. The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 f... (more)

The BB 9003 and 9004 locomotives were built by the MTE group (Matériel de Traction Électrique) in 1952. Their innovative aesthetics emphasised their body with their aerodynamic shaped ends which... (more)

The 1500 Volt CC 6572 has been built in 1975 by Alsthom MTE. This class of locomotive was hauling the Aquitaine TEE trains #1 and 2 running between Paris and Bordeaux. These were at that time, the... (more)

The CC 40101 from the SNCF has been built in 1964 by Alsthom. This class of locomotive was hauling the TEE trains running between Paris Nord and Brussels. The CC 40100 locomotives were able to ope... (more)