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Little did I know that about 1/2 hour after I took this picture of the ICE (German) and TGV (French) trains standing side by side at Gare de l' Est in Paris I would be on this TGV train to Munich traveling at times 197mph.
On the return trip between Saarbrucken and Paris I would be on an ICE train similar to the one in the picture traveling up to 193mph. It felt like being in an airplane on the ground.
This picture was taken on 22 December 2009.
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Comments (35)
Wonderful rapidtrain Love it Big project here to come...Montreal to NewYork TGV
must of been an experience of a life time.excellent capture Sig
Wow this looks great being a train buff I love this.. Travelling at that speed would be amazing pity their so fare away lol...
Superb!
Nice
Hard to imagine traveling on a train at that speed.
I would love to travel on either if not both trains then go to Japan to ride theirs.... but then there's something to be said about traveling by Amtrak!
Sounds fascinating. They look fast just sitting still.
EXCELLENT POV !
wow that fast. i know you like to fly too so this is the best there is to flying on the ground
must be a hell of afeeling though sitting in a formula 1 how about the g/ pressure??
They look so futuristic...but then, I guess they are. Great capture.
On the ICE and TGV there was no pressure when passing a train going in the opposite direction. On the EUROSTAR there was. What I thought about when going nearly 200mph (both the TGV and ICE are capable of going faster- on they do on certain segments) what if one train derails and they hit each other with almost 400mph? I don't think there would be much left!
Superb capture my friend.
Wonderful image of these trains! I can imagine you there, taking note of everything. Excellent image!
Oh wow they sure do look faaaaaaaaaast!
Fantastic shot.
excellent picture!!
beautiful picture very nice shot sig..
great foto. Do you have fotos of american highspeed trains too?
Yeah....I did mention this to young Bill ..its a shame the U.S. has no beasts like these... They roar along at vast speeds! He told me that there was no big set up for passengers in the U.S. Freight ...yes! And I saw lots.. Never ever saw a passenger train in all the almost three weeks I was there! A service like this would go well... Cool shot again.. Rob
interesting shot!
great capture
Great shot! Sounds like terrific fun. Shame the US lags in civilized mass transportation. Bring one back. Lol.
Great capture!!
Here in the States we have Amtrak's Acela which is an electric(motor)train that runs the Washington DC to Boston corridor. This is the legacy from Pennsylvania's GG-1 and Amtrak's General Electric E-60 "rectifier". While not as fast as the ICE the latter could also haul freight. Had to delete earlier post as R doesn't allow double posting on the same subject.
Outstanding work!
those are amazing looking trains ...I wish we had them here ...wonderful shot
Very cool RR station shot. They look fast! I couldn't help to think about Claude Monet's painting of the old Saint Lazare station with steam chuggers belching smoke!
If we had trains like these here in the US and train schedules like they have in Europe I doubt that I would fly again.