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First run. 8 April 1982. The New South Wales XPT (short for e X press P assenger T rain) is a class of diesel-powered passenger trains built by Comeng and ABB. Based on the British Rail -designed High Speed Train, each XPT set comprises two XP power cars in a push-pull configuration and, between them, between four and seven passenger carriages.
The trainsets of Class VT 11.5 (often simply called TEE) were diesel multiple units built by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in 1957 and used for Trans Europ Express (TEE) services. Perceived as flagships of the DB rolling stock, they carried first-class seating only. When the UIC numbering scheme became effective on 1 January 1968, the power heads of ...
The Grand Tour. The Grand Tour is a British motoring television series, [ 1][ 2] created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman, made for Amazon exclusively for its online streaming service Amazon Prime Video, [ 1][ 2][ 4] and premiered on 18 November 2016. The programme was conceived in the wake of the departure of ...
Vibrant Express. Vibrant Express ( Chinese: 動感號 ), [8] [9] also known as MTR CRH380A or MTR380A[not verified in body] is a high-speed train operated by Hong Kong government-owned public transport operator MTR. It was manufactured by Chinese state-owned manufacturer CSR Qingdao Sifang (now CRRC Qingdao Sifang) based on the CRH380A Hexie ...
The MPI MPXpress is a line of diesel-electric locomotives built by MotivePower (a subsidiary of Wabtec) for commuter rail service. There are five MPXpress models: MP36PH-3S, MP36PH-3C, MP40PH-3C, MP32PH-Q, and MP54AC . MPXpress locomotives were built with a high percentage of re-manufactured parts including diesel engines, major electrical ...
Simone Carter. August 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM. Nearly 400 gallons of ethanol spilled in Tacoma’s Tideflats near the Thea Foss Waterway on Tuesday after a train clipped a fuel truck, according to ...
Egypt has no operational high-speed rail links, but a project was launched in 2018 to construct three such lines with a total length of about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi). The first line links the cities of Ain Sukhna and Marsa Matrouh, the second connects the cities of Sixth of October and Abu Simbel, and the third connects the city of Qena ...
The KTX-Sancheon ( Korean : KTX-산천; Hanja : KTX-山川 formerly called the KTX-II) is a South Korean high-speed train built by Hyundai Rotem in the second half of the 2000s and operated by Korail since March 2010. With a top speed of 305 km/h (189.5 mph), the KTX-Sancheon is the second commercial high-speed train operated in South Korea and ...