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To: Webby_surfer

Velaro RUS

The Siemens Velaro family of trains is actually the international variant of the well known "InterCity Express" (3rd generation). More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterCityExpress and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Velaro

The Velaro reaches top speeds of up to 250 mph, with standard operational speeds up to 200-220mph.
14 posted on 07/20/2007 7:26:53 AM PDT by wolf78 (Penn & Teller Libertarian - Equal Opportunity Offender)
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To: wolf78

The trains of this type produced for Russia are said to reach speed upto 330km/h


15 posted on 07/20/2007 10:42:49 AM PDT by Webby_surfer
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