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Record-breaking high speed rail test tests Pennsy cars
The U S Department of Transportation supervised two 21 mile trials on Pennsylvania Railroad track from Trenton to New Brunswick as a precursor to a faster New York to Washington service. The test train reached 156 mph on the first run and 145.8 mph on the second, with a max target of 110 mph in regular service. Engineers said the run proved the near term feasibility of high speed rail without seat belts.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Trenton
New Brunswick
PRR
New York
Washington
Robert A. Nelson
Budd Co
Philadelphia
Nelson
Pennsy
Department of
America
New York Central Railroad
Butler
Ind
Stryker
Ohio
Tokyo
Kyoto
Japan
Budd