Japan's Maglev Train Sets Speed Record

[justhangn]

A magnetically levitated Japanese train runs on a test line in Tsuru in Yamanashi prefecture, or state, central Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003. The experimental maglev set the world's top speed for a train Tuesday, clocking at 581 kph (361.03 mph) in a test run, Central Japan Railway Co., which is carrying out the experiments, said in a statement. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

 

[jlabsher]

Mighty fast, I've ridden the Shinkansen (bullet train) that got up to around 243 kph (150 mph). After awhile you learn not to look at objects in the near foreground out the window or you get a great headache (or maybe that was the Asahi)