A French train with a 25,000-horsepower engine and special wheels broke the world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains, reaching 356mph. It fell short, however, of beating the ultimate record set by Japan’s magnetically levitated train, which hit 361mph in 2003.
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A French train with a 25,000-horsepower engine and special wheels broke the world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains, reaching 356mph. It fell short, however, of beating the ultimate record set by Japan’s magnetically levitated train, which hit 361mph in 2003.