Nozomi Shinkansen 500 series

[rookiyong]

This train travels from Osaka to Tokyo in just 4 hours, one of the world's fastest train at 300km/hr! :prayer:

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[Fire]

how much is the toy? :o

[starscream]

Nice man!! Selling here? How Much and the real one how fast? :)

[meow]

EC you really into trains nowsaday.....that's a really hig-end hobby....needs lots of space & $$$$ ;)

How about starting with Thomas the Train set, it's diecast & look really nice :thumbsup:

[Fire]

Nice man!! Selling here? How Much and the real one how fast? :)

EC say is 300km per hour, super fast

[rookiyong]

I like only JR lah, fascinated by their system :D but so many years liao still havent bought my 1st set, only got those from Toys R us.

How much ah? heh heh....at least $300 for those 6 pieces, size only about 10cm each.

[eleewhm]

this train set is not cheap..its by Kato Japan...cost nearly 400 SGD for the train alone

[starscream]

I remember watching a video clip of a train travelling at like 520+km/h?

[rookiyong]

this train set is not cheap..its by Kato Japan...cost nearly 400 SGD for the train alone

You saw it before? I am always tempted to get just any one set, but Kato ones are very limited.

I remember watching a video clip of a train travelling at like 520+km/h?

Almost there, 320km/h, so far the fastest in the world :yeah:

[Lolicon2000]

Wait a bit more...Prototype maglev trains can go even faster...

Wonder how they gonna go do models of maglev...

[rookiyong]

Wait a bit more...Prototype maglev trains can go even faster...

Wonder how they gonna go do models of maglev...

German trains? :thinking:

[Lolicon2000]

Patented German Technology.
No friction = Greater Speeds.

The tech has been around for a long time. Just that no-one wanted to use it cuz it is veri veri veri expensive.

[starscream]

http://www.atkielski.com/PhotoGallery/Paris/General/images/TGVSmall.jpg

France is known for many things, but one of its better-kept secrets is that it is a world leader in rail transport technology. (Railfans know this, but most of the general public does not.) The flagship of French rail technology is the TGV or Train � Grande Vitesse (“High-Speed Train”), the world’s fastest train. TGVs regularly run at 300 km/h in normal service on some lines. And even this high speed is well below the TGV’s limits: the TGV holds the world’s record for speed on rails of 515.3 km/h, or roughly half the speed of sound.

However.. check this

MagLev Trains (http://www.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm)

and this..

Fastest conventional train
515.3 km/h (322 mph) France, TGV-A set 325, 18 May 1990.

Fastest gas turbine-powered train
318 km/h (199 mph) France, TGV001, 8 December 1972.

Fastest diesel-powered train
238 km/h (149 mph) UK, HST, 1 November 1987.

Fastest steam locomotive
202 km/h (126 mph) UK, A4 class Gresley pacific No. 4468 "Mallard", 3 July 1938.

Fastest narrow gauge (1,067 mm) train
245 km/h (152 mph) South Africa, class 6E electric locomotive, December 1978.

Fastest third-rail electric train
174 km/h (109 mph) UK, class 442 (Wessex Electric) emu, 11 April 1988.

Fastest maglev train
581 km/h (363 mph) Japan, MLX01 maglev train (manned), 2 December 2003.

Fastest rail vehicle
10,300 km/h (Mach 8.6) USA, Holloman Air Force Base High Speed Test Track, unmanned rocket sled, 30 April 2003.

Fastest scheduled average speed between two station stops
263.3 km/h (165 mph) France, TGV between Lyon-St Exupéry and Aix-en-Provence, from 2005.

Fastest scheduled average speed between starting and terminating stations
242.5 km/h (152 mph) Japan, 500 series "Nozomi" between Shin-Osaka and Hakata, from March 1997.

Fastest closing speed between two trains (maglev)
1,026 km/h (641 mph) Japan, MLX01 3-car sets, 16 November 2004.

Fastest non-stop run over 1,000 km
3 hrs 9 mins (average speed 317.5 km/h) France, TGV-Reseau set 531 between Calais and Marseilles, 26 May 2001.

[eleewhm]

rookiyong,well depends on which brand you want to get .. Kato is popular cause of its unitrack ...but TOMIX has a bigger variety...

i am going for KATO....its going to burn a hole in me...but i will start with the layout and buildings first...track and train can be later

[eleewhm]

just some of my N gauge buildings and vehicles...

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/281/tomix4ck.jpg