In 1985, these were two of the main exhibits of the Nürnberg Transport Museum. The class 05 streamlined steam locomotive was built in 1935-1937. One of them (the 05 002) broke the world speed rec... (more)

The CC 7107 improves the World rail speed record reaching 331 kilometers per hour (206 mph) on March 28-29, 1955 between Bordeaux and Dax, Landes.

SCMaglev and Railway Park exhibit two experimental shinkansen trains introduced in the mid-1990s, 300X and MLX01. 300X was a prototype to test the design features of the existing 700, N700 Series,... (more)

This diesel power car 43 # 002 "Sir Kenneth Grange" was restored to the original Intercity 125 livery in May 2016 with the number 253 # 001 and is standing on the turntable of the National Railway... (more)

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) locomotive # 4468 (original), # 22 (LNER 1946) and # 60022 (BR), named "Mallard" is a Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built at Doncaster W... (more)

The Class C62 was the biggest and fastest japanese build steam locomotive. This locomotive hauled the Tsubame express on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo and Osaka. Also it set the wo... (more)

12 years and few months after the world rail speed record at 574,8 Kp/H, the record engines run every days from Paris to Switzerland cities at 320 Kp/H (commercial speed). Just special marking rem... (more)

Four cylinder 4-6-0 passenger train steamlocomotive # 4073 "Caerphilly Castle" of the Great Western Railway, exhibited at the STEAM Museum of the GWR at Swindon. This was the first built... (more)

The 5th of December 1989, the TGV Atlantique trainset #325 has set a new world speed record on rail at 482,4 km/h. A few days later, this TGV came to Basel SBB for an official visit of the French ... (more)

TGV 9213 is rushing through the Saint Louis la Chaussée station at full speed en route to Basel SBB. The TGV POS trainset #4402 is seen here. On 3 April 2007 a train using both power cars of thi... (more)

Talgo BT 355.002 laboratory train, from Tarragona to Figueres at Sant Joan de Sanata. This unit have the world speed record with diesel traction, having reached 256.38 km/h on 12 June 2002.

The first world record high speed legendary #16 trainset which have reach 380 Kp/H in the 80's is running everyday at 300 Kp/H since 35 years... Great French technology... Good view too on the d... (more)

Today is the 11th years anniversary of world rail speed record at 574,8 Kp/H, the record engines run every days from Paris to Switzerland cities at 320 Kp/H (commercial speed). Just special markin... (more)

Both high speed trains are multi-power trains who can run in Switzerland tracks and power. the white is one of world rail speed record engines who have run at 574,8 Kp/H, now engines run every day... (more)

10 years and few months after the world rail speed record at 574,8 Kp/H, the record engines run every days from Paris to Switzerland cities at 320 Kp/H (commercial speed). Just special marking rem... (more)