Thread: World speed record for electric locos broken.
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Old 3rd September 2006, 10:11
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World speed record for electric locos broken.
The World speed record for an electric locomotive of 331 km/hr, held by the French since 1955 was broken in Germany yesterday (2/9/2006) by Siemens 1216-050. The new record now stands at 357 km/hr.
There are photos of the loco here
John.
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