Anonymous Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2005 02:40PM
French Tech ... yeah as if - it's a multinational project and that picture was
taking at Kings Cross in London UK after doing the Leeds London run. It's not a
true Eurostar train as it's shorter than the standard Eurostars.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2005 04:48PM
but at least its shiny!
The_Doc Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2005 04:48PM
thanks for that mr. know it all
John_Stone Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2005 04:56PM
Meanwhile, in the USofA, our Amtrack trains are falling apart, forced to
privatize, and the rails are completely owned by the freight industry.
ToucanSam Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2005 06:23PM
EXACTLY. In the USA, one of the "goals" of american
"independance" is to have a car. One or more cars for everyone
infact.
How else would the USA be the largest CONSUMER of oil? AND also the most OBESE
(overall) country in the world.
ANOTHER NOTE: Plastic is made from oil. Did the price of plastic double or
triple in the last few years LIKE GAS where you are?
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: October 02, 2005 10:44PM
This train was built at the Alstom Aytré factory near La Rochelle France.
There is a lot of brilliant technology in this train.
For instance.
The Shared Bogie (Power Truck) Design.
On a TGV, the cars or not linked together, they are physically one. Each side
of each car sits on half the wheel and bogie set. It is difficult for me to
describe, but the car pairs are sitting on the same wheel set. The benefit is
that the train is locked together, so less shake, and restricted articulation.
It can only articulate as much as necessary for rail tracks. So TGVs are a
trainset, all locked together.
For safety reasons in the Channel Tunnel, Eurostar trainsets can be split in the
middle. In case of a derailment or other major fault, this allows one half of
the trainset to exit the tunnel after all passengers have been transferred to
the good half.
This is a big advantage in a derailment.
There has only been one fatality in the history of the TGV !
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