From: nasadowsk@usermale.com   
      
   In article   
   <20140531-032109.254.0@Calvin-Henry-Cotnam.free.teranews.com>,   
    Calvin Henry-Cotnam  wrote:   
      
   > On December 20, 1967 one of the   
   > sets managed to reach a speed of 170.8 mph (274.9 km/h), which is the   
   > world speed record for a gas-turbine powered rail vehicle.   
      
   TGV-001 broke it a few years later.   
      
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