The V150 TGV, which set a new world speed record for a train on rails, hitting 357 mph on a 45.3 mile stretch of track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg, is parked at the Reims railway station. The new record was set by an experimental version equipped with two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels.
Train engineer Eric Pieczac, right, celebrates the new world speed record on rails, after reaching 357.2 mph, while standing alongside the President of the state-run rail company Anne-Marie Idrac in Bezannes, eastern France Tuesday, April 3, 2007. The black and chrome train with three double-decker cars, named the V150, bettered the previous record of 320.2 mph, set in 1990.
France's V150 TGV fast train goes through Jaulny's viaduct on the new high-speed line, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in Thiaucourt (eastern France). The TGV set a new world speed record for a train on rails, reaching 357 mph on a stretch of track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg. The new record easily beat the 320 mph set by a TGV (Traine a Grande Vitesse) in 1990.
France's V150 TGV fast train travels the new high-speed line, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in Eclaires (eastern France). The TGV set a new world speed record for a train on rails, easily beating the old record set by a TGV (Traine a Grande Vitesse) in 1990.
France's V150 TGV fast train goes through Jaulny's viaduct on the new high-speed line, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in Thiaucourt (eastern France). The TGV set a new world speed record for a train on rails, reaching 357 mph on a stretch of track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg, and easily beating the 320 mph set by a TGV (Traine a Grande Vitesse) in 1990.
France's V150 TGV fast train travels on the new high-speed line, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, near Reims (eastern France) to set a new world speed record for a train on rails, hitting 357 mph on a 45.3-mile stretch of track between Paris Strasbourg. The record was attained by an experimental version of the train equipped with two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels.
Factory workers involved in the manufacturing of the V150 TGV, celebrate while watching the French high speed train break a speed record on a jumbo screen, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in Bischheim, France. The TGV set a new world record for a train on rails, reaching 357 mph on a stretch of track between Paris and Strasbourg.
People watch the French high speed train TGV set a speed record on a jumbo screen, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in Reims, France.
France's V150 TGV fast train sits parked, Monday, April 2, 2007, at the "Reims Bezannes" station, on the eve of the attempt to break the world speed record on the new high-speed line built between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg.
France's V150 TGV fast train is pictured Monday, April 2, 2007, at the "Reims Bezannes" station on the new high-speed line built between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg, on the eve of an attempt to break the world speed record.
People gather on the platform close to France's V150 TGV fast train, Monday, April 3, 2007, at the "Reims Bezannes" station on the new high-speed line built between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg on the eve of its attempt to break the world speed record.