The Wonderful Wizard of [OT]

**Jcakes** · 13-03-2012, 01:44

Lies, you are so old you probably can't pitch a tent without medical help

**kestegs** · 13-03-2012, 01:48

That will be the day I put a bullet in my brain.

**kimiko** · 13-03-2012, 03:32

You are going to get on a bullet train? Wait what?!?

Me and my mind

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**Jcakes** · 13-03-2012, 03:47

Bullet train would be pretty sweet to ride on. I really want to go on a maglev though

**kestegs** · 13-03-2012, 10:39

I've never been on any cool trains. Been on a old-school train about 20 years ago, and I think that was the last train I have been on.

**Jcakes** · 13-03-2012, 21:27

I went on a TGV in France, It was not as fast as I was led to believe and ended up being an hour late (on a 3 hour journey)

**kestegs** · 13-03-2012, 22:37

That's disappointing for sure. How fast does it go?

**Jcakes** · 13-03-2012, 23:05

It should have been doing an average of 120 km/hr (~73 mi/hr) instead it did an average of 80 km/hr (50mi/hr). I think my guesses on speed are accurate, but I could be wrong.

**kestegs** · 13-03-2012, 23:09

Even at top speed it's not that fast really.

Wonder why it was going so slow.

**Jcakes** · 13-03-2012, 23:14

That is an average speed over the journey. Remember that when it is going through certain sections of track it needs to travel slower. I think normally the top speed is around 200 km/hr (125 mi/hr) and certain lines are faster than others.