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Fastest speed attained by a wheeled train

Fastest speed attained by a wheeled train (575 km/h)

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Fastest speed attained by a wheeled train (575 km/h)

  • is about as big as Top speed of a France's Train de Grande Vitesse (TGV) (570 km/h)...more
  • is 4 x World Land Speed record - human powered (144 km/h)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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