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Published by kyle on 04 Apr 2007

New TGV Record


Well, the French have done it again. On their world class TGV, they’ve hit 574.8Km/h, the worlds fastest wheeled train, and only 6.2Km/h off the fastest recorded train, a Japanese Maglev. It’s an awesome sight, and goes to show the excellent results that can be produced when a country sets its sights on a target. The test was done on the soon to be opened Paris Strasbourg line, which I hope we can take the next time we go to visit Nina and Francis.

Cool things, Trains

Published by kyle on 30 Jan 2007

Extreme Trainsurfer


Just found this video. I think extreme would be the best way to describe it :-)

Cool things, Trains

Published by kyle on 15 Mar 2006

Trains

I couldn’t help myself. A DSB Regionaltog from Denmark. And some more APT carriages. The APT carriage completes the pair that I need to make the missing R705 APT Intermediate, and the Class MR fills my need for something from Denmark.
There’s a lot of nice kit floating around, but I can only ever justify something that has value to me. It could be an APT from the early 80’s, a Sud Est or Atlantique TGV, or a Regionaltog, but I still can’t see myself going out and buying a Battle of Britain or West Country just for the hell of it. They may (or may not) retain their value better, but I’d still rather have something that has some sort of link with me. Even though this has already meant spending far too long trawling the web and spending over the odds on items :-)

Modelling, Trains

Published by kyle on 27 Sep 2005

Trains

My new APT model arrived, and it’s in much better condition than the first one. Just a few minor handling marks, and some damage to the overhead wiring on the power car. The wiring can easily be replaced with some TLC, and it looks perfect considering the price I got it at. Pictures will be on the gallery soon.
My next task will be to purchase some spare trailer units, and do a cut’n’shut on them to try and recreate the infamous missing R705 unit.

Modelling, Trains

Published by kyle on 05 Sep 2005

Trains

The APT has arrived, and will shortly be going back. It’s got scratches on every unit bar one, the ’scruff’ on one carriage is actually a crack, and there is bodywork damage to 2 of the 5 units. It’s sucks to have such a rare item damaged like that, and I certainly wouldn’t have bought it if it had been described accurately on the ebay page. “one of the cars has a scruff mark on one side, could easily be repaired, and slight paint rub, otherwise excellent condition.” - errr, no…. I’ll have my hundred quid back tyvm

Modelling, Trains