Recent content by sampablokuper

That's the one. Thank you!

At some point in the last year, while browsing the Web, I read about, and saw both pictures and digitised film footage of, a railway built for an exhibition in London in the late 19th or early 20th century. The latter, as I recall. The most unusual aspect of this railway was its method of...

I'd be interested to see a photo if you've got one online. That said, this sort of thing is surely the exception rather than the rule. I'm more interested in factors that limit top speed under good conditions rather than under fault conditions.

Hi folks, I wonder if anyone can tell me the highest speed attained by a tram. It needn't have been attained on tramway tracks. So far, the fastest tram I'm aware of is the Bombardier Flexity Swift, which according to Wikipedia is rated at 100kph. I'd be glad if contributors to this thread...