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The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. They were the first TGV trainsets to use bi-level passenger carriages with a seating capacity of 508 passengers, increasing capacity on busy high-speed lines.
The TGV (French: ⓘ; train à grande vitesse, [tʁɛ̃ a ɡʁɑ̃d vitɛs] ⓘ, 'high-speed train') [a] is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the newer lines, [1] the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocket and Concorde supersonic airliner; sponsored by the ...
TGV 001 at Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station T 001 seen from the A4 motorway in Bischheim. The TGV 001 (Train à Grande Vitesse 001) was an experimental gas turbine-powered TGV prototype built by Alstom in France. Commissioned in 1969, began testing in 1972 and reached speeds between 250–300 kilometres per hour (160–190 mph).
3,600 kilowatts (4,828 hp) engine (Maxima 40CC) [21] Voith Maxima 40CC is the most powerful single-engine diesel-hydraulic locomotive ever built. XA Triplex: Virginian Railway: 700 Baldwin: 1916 Steam 2-8-8-8-4: 532 tonnes (586 short tons) 741 kilonewtons (166,600 lbf) compound — Rebuilt into separate locomotives; Maximum speed approx. 10 mph ...
They are a member of Alstom's TGV family of trains. Each set has a power car on each end with three first class cars, a bar car, and four second class cars in between. [ 1 ] The trains are 200 m (656 ft 2 in) in length, weighing a total of 383 tonnes (844,000 lb) with 404 seats (120 first class, 284 second class).
A TGV Sud-Est set in the original orange livery, 1987. The TGV Sud-Est fleet was built between 1978 and 1988 and operated the first TGV service from Paris to Lyon in 1981. . Formerly there were 107 passenger sets operating, of which nine were tri-current (25 kV 50-60 Hz AC - French lignes à grande vitesse, 1500 V DC - French lignes classiques, 15 kV 16 + 2 ⁄ 3 Hz AC - Switzerland) and the ...
U.S. energy giant Chevron expects 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day from Kazakhstan's Tengiz oil field, which is among the world's biggest. Meanwhile, an Exxon executive downplayed hopes ...
This TGV 001 was a five-car trainset which possessed four gas-turbine engines with a total output of 6,500 hp (4,800 kW) and all axles motored. [3] This train was extensively tested over more than 34,000 miles (55,000 km) running at over 200 km/h (120 mph), of which almost half were covered at more than 257 km/h (160 mph) and a peak of 318 km/h ...