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Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:22 pm
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014100...100ba.html
Quote:World's 1st bullet train, made in Japan, turns 50
Quote:The Shinkansen renewed interest in high-speed rail elsewhere, notably in Europe. France and Spain are among the leaders in Europe, and Turkey last year became the ninth country to operate a train at an average speed of 200 kph, according to Railway Gazette. South Korea and Taiwan also operate high-speed systems in Asia. The United States is an exception, though there are proposals to build lines in California and Texas. The fastest train in the U.S., Amtrak's Acela Express, averages 169 kph (105 mph) on a short stretch between Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, the speed survey says.
This country is run by assholes.
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:24 pm
The oil teet is hard to wean off of...
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:27 pm
(October 1, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014100...100ba.html
Quote:World's 1st bullet train, made in Japan, turns 50
Quote:The Shinkansen renewed interest in high-speed rail elsewhere, notably in Europe. France and Spain are among the leaders in Europe, and Turkey last year became the ninth country to operate a train at an average speed of 200 kph, according to Railway Gazette. South Korea and Taiwan also operate high-speed systems in Asia. The United States is an exception, though there are proposals to build lines in California and Texas. The fastest train in the U.S., Amtrak's Acela Express, averages 169 kph (105 mph) on a short stretch between Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, the speed survey says.
This country is run by assholes.
I think they just confused our politicians by reporting in Kilometers per hour...that's dirty socialist number-speak!
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2014 at 12:31 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Minor quibble, but the Italians run the world's first true bullet train just before WWII, 25 years before the Japanese. The development was not renewed in Italy after the war, so it was largely forgotten.
I don't know if the Italian pre-war high speed rail ran as often late as normal Italian rail.
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:32 pm
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This is a piece of the track from work to my parents'
http://youtu.be/ENGQDz6czGM?t=14s
The best thing is - you can comfortably drink coffee and work on your computer at 186 mph.
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Libya doesn't have trains. I don't know what happened to the ones built by the Italians
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:40 pm
(October 1, 2014 at 12:37 pm)DramaQueen Wrote: Libya doesn't have trains. I don't know what happened to the ones built by the Italians
Like, none at all?
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:43 pm
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(October 1, 2014 at 12:37 pm)DramaQueen Wrote: Libya doesn't have trains. I don't know what happened to the ones built by the Italians
Destroyed during the war?
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October 1, 2014 at 12:43 pm
We don't even have public transportation system e.g buses and taxis.
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RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 12:46 pm
Neither does most of America.
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