That's some real high tech, especially because SNCF had to perform this (successful) record attempt in the south where the catenary voltage is just 1.500 V (okay, for the record attempt they kept it close to the upper limit of 1.800 V). To reach a speed of >300 km/h with a low-weight train you need something like 6-7 MW of engine power - that's approx. 3.5 - 4 kA to be fed to the locomotive via catenary and pantograph. You see the severe arcing resulting from that insane current. Just for comparison: Trying the same with a Taurus on German rails results in moderate .4 kA of current which is within the limits of everyday operation.
Magnifique document, et ce pour de nombreuses raisons... Inutile de préciser que la télévision française d'aujoud'hui n'en fait plus de cette facture, alliant esthétisme et didactique.
Merci d'avoir mis en ligne ce document ! Pour information, à découvrir sur la chaîne youtube : "PHIL DE RAIL" la vidéo "CC 7100 l’épopée". Ce film raconte l’histoire de la série des CC 7100 de la SNCF...
I know :D The TGV went 574 km/h but the record of 357 km/h (not MPH) stand for the fastest locomotive! Not train! It's a German Taurus (some people call it Eurosprinter). It achieved a speed of 357 km/h
more than 50 years earlier than the German Taurus an entire train achieved almost the same speed. It wasn't just a loco, it was a train. No wonder SNCF and France are the leading drivers behind high speed trains
@bmwm5thebest Hi man. The same thing i said on other videos! And this loco had about 5-6 cars behind, while the taurus had 1 or 2. But, thats why France are the best in the rail network ;) Send me a Pm if u wanna share ideas ;) Really amazing speed record in that year and for a train!
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That's some real high tech, especially because SNCF had to perform this (successful) record attempt in the south where the catenary voltage is just 1.500 V (okay, for the record attempt they kept it close to the upper limit of 1.800 V). To reach a speed of >300 km/h with a low-weight train you need something like 6-7 MW of engine power - that's approx. 3.5 - 4 kA to be fed to the locomotive via catenary and pantograph. You see the severe arcing resulting from that insane current. Just for comparison: Trying the same with a Taurus on German rails results in moderate .4 kA of current which is within the limits of everyday operation.
Magnifique document, et ce pour de nombreuses raisons... Inutile de préciser que la télévision française d'aujoud'hui n'en fait plus de cette facture, alliant esthétisme et didactique.
Merci d'avoir mis en ligne ce document ! Pour information, à
découvrir sur la chaîne youtube : "PHIL DE RAIL" la vidéo "CC
7100 l’épopée". Ce film raconte l’histoire de la série des CC 7100 de la
SNCF...
in 1955 reached 331 km/h?! that's insane
321 and 331 km/h to be precise.
Very nice old movie - document. Thumbs up!
The new taurus record is 357 km/h and this is in 1955 and the loco goes 331 km/h only 26 km/h slower than the new record.
Anyway 5***** :)
Ooops! No, the new record (2007) is 357 MILES per hour, or 574.8 km/h----MUCH faster than the 1955 speed.
NOT so much after 51 years........
I know :D The TGV went 574 km/h but the record of 357 km/h (not MPH) stand for the fastest locomotive! Not train! It's a German Taurus (some people call it Eurosprinter). It achieved a speed of 357 km/h
more than 50 years earlier than the German Taurus an entire train achieved almost the same speed. It wasn't just a loco, it was a train. No wonder SNCF and France are the leading drivers behind high speed trains
1:00 "la vie se déroule calmement"... même aujourd'hui? 60 ans après? Je crois qu'il n'y a plus d'échassiers là-bas...
@bmwm5thebest
Hi man. The same thing i said on other videos! And this loco had about 5-6 cars behind, while the taurus had 1 or 2. But, thats why France are the best in the rail network ;) Send me a Pm if u wanna share ideas ;)
Really amazing speed record in that year and for a train!
Sinon, je peux me vanter d'avoir emprunté plusieus fois ce trajet....
Ettiene
‘mande pardon ?
@SoManyInterests C’est Etienne ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Etienne