High Speed Rail - Chinese style

[MLW]

Will Kato make this in HO ?

China high-speed rail zooms past old record at 487 km per hour

17:04, January 13, 2011

The newly developed CRH380BL high-speed train hit a record high speed at 487 kilometers per hour during the test run at the Shanghai-Beijing high-speed railway pilot section on Jan. 9.

According to news from the China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Group (CNR), the CRH380BL high-speed train ran smoothly at a speed of 487 kilometers per hour. All parts operated normally and it made little noise.

The train narrowly edged out the previous record of 486.1 kilometers per hour, which was made by the CRH380A, a high-speed train also developed by CNR.

Sun Bangcheng, an engineer from CNR, said that the CRH380BL, the new generation of high-speed train in China, was completely researched and developed by the group. The train adopted 10 technical innovations, including a streamline locomotive with low air-resistance, excellent body vibration mode and high air-seal intensity carriages.

Its operating speed, safety and reliability, comfort, energy saving capacity and life cycle costs all reached a leading level in the world, the engineer said.

It was reported that to meet the transportation demand, the CRH380BL high-speed train was formed by 16 long carriages with a combined loading capacity of 1,004 persons. It is expected to be mass produced and become the main train model running on China's high-speed rail networks in the future.

A driver operates a high-speed train at the high-speed railway maintenance base in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

A high-speed train stops at the high-speed railway maintenance base in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

China boasts nearly 8,400 km of high-speed rail in 2010

As of 2010, the operational length of China's high-speed railway reached 8,358 kilometers, and nearly 1,200 multi-unit trains are running daily, according to the national railway work conference held on Jan. 4.

Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun said at the national railway work conference that in 2011 the national high-speed rail will initially form a network with total track length expected to exceed 13,000 kilometers.



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[CBCNSfan]

Now that sure is progress. I wonder how long it takes to stop it from flat out. Sure wouldn't pay to try racing it at a crossing

Cheers
Willis

 

[tankist]

Sun Bangcheng, an engineer from CNR, said that the CRH380BL, the new generation of high-speed train in China, was completely researched and developed by the group

German firm Siemens disagrees. Now they will surley be more carefull who they sell their technology to.

 

[MLW]

They are pretty quick to adapt what they like to their own needs

Any more news about the British-Chinese High Speed Train
joint venture? China and England were making a deal for China to join in
to build a high speed train in the UK (something like 50% involvement)

Haven't heard much about it lately

Maybe it will be our turn next (ya! Riiiiiight)
We sure need to leave the "steam era" behind and get something
going. I mean it's faster to drive then to take the train
(Toronto-Montreal) and there's no Train out West! (Mb-Sk-Ab-BC)

 

[Larry]

If you want to find something close to that in HO contact MicroMacroMundo.com in Miami, Fla. I use to buy a lot of items from them & they have good prices for European stuff. If you live in Fla. you can also stop by their store. I bought all of the big Church's I have on my layout from them. They have an extensive photo web site & a Blog.

 

[John P]

I'm not sure that a high-speed train makes a very good idea as a model. It gets from one end of your basement to the other in what fraction of a second?

Not the best replacement for that 2-6-0 switching the lumber mill spur.

 

[Larry]

I'm not sure that a high-speed train makes a very good idea as a model. It gets from one end of your basement to the other in what fraction of a second?

Not the best replacement for that 2-6-0 switching the lumber mill spur

I use to have a Roco Tee train that I ran on my layout for visitors. When I turned it up all the way on the MRC9500 it whipped around my layout like a bullet train. The kids loved it. They would laugh & holler & try to keep up w/it.
I had a lot of fun w/it & it never derailed. It took about 14V.'s at full throttle.
Back in 1958 when the prototype operated in Europe that was the fastest train back then. I think the info I found on it said they ran the last one in 1965. I have a photo if your interested. Mine is now in an antique store on consignment w/3 xtra pass. cars w/the set.

 

[Larry]

Here's a few photo's of my Hi-Speed-rail.

 

[Trussrod]

I'm not sure that a high-speed train makes a very good idea as a model. It gets from one end of your basement to the other in what fraction of a second?

Not the best replacement for that 2-6-0 switching the lumber mill spur.

I'll have to agree with John, in fact I prefer my 2-8-0's and Shays to enhance the the visual effect, much more enjoyment of the scenery.

 

[jbaakko]

Kato, HO? Yeah right.

They seem to be going the route of Microtrains. Anyways, interesting train.

 

[flyboy2610]

Will Kato make this in HO ?

I always wondered what happened to BOZO the Clown!!