HIGH SPEED TRAIN RECORD IN FRANCE

France's V150 TGV fast train sets the new world speed record for a train on rails on April 3, 2007, between Preny and Reims-Bezannes, in eastern France. The TGV of French railroad company SNCF hit 574.8 kms/h (357 mph) on a 73 kms (45.3 mile) stretch of track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg. (UPI Photo/RFF ALSTOM SNCF)