Re: RE: 500 miles in 3 hours by train - not in Oz

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:06:10 -0400, James Shugg
<jshugg@MailAndNews.com> wrote:

>>===== Original Message From David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> =====
>>
>>On the ball as usual. This was 2 weeks ago.
>>
>>It was 1000km in 3 hours, 9 minutes. 1067km from Calais to Marsailles in
>>3h 29m (average speed 306km/h).
>>
>
>Actually the Daily Telegraph is not too bad. It  reported the record run you 
>quote, that happened two weekends ago, back on 28/5; today's article was 
>about 
>the Froggie PM inaugurating the line, which only happened yesterday.
>
>I like the bit about construction of the line being delayed 6 months and 
>slewed 150 metres to the side, to avoid a nesting eagle.

Then on the first day, the eagle flies in front of the train and gets
killed.


David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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