Hours before the run, Transport Minister Dominique Perben received a delegation from California, which is studying prospects for a high-speed line from Sacramento to San Diego, via San Francisco and Los Angeles.
sidetracked said:I heard a good one today on the radio,,,,, "No mater how fast it goes, they are still in France"....... Still pretty cool though...................st
Another note....There's always someone eager to take a shot at the French. I just figure if it hadn't been for French military and diplomatic aid during the Revolutionary war, we might still be part of the UK....
357.2 MPH ! that's 523.8933 feet per second! in HO, that's 6.021 feet (actual) per second !!!! talk about needing forty acres to turn this rig around! I don't think the Athearn hustler was capable of six feet per second!they should make an HO scale one and run it at scale speed!really cool though.--josh