Word: shinkansen
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...French National Railroads (S.N.C.F.) has spent $1.6 billion since 1970 to develop the new system, the first super-high-speed passenger line in Europe. In performance, if not looks, the TGV outdazzles even Japan's famed Shinkansen, the 100-m.p.h. bullet trains. Each 660-ft.-long train is a single unit of eight cars with an engine at both ends; there is no break between cars. The aerodynamic shape of the TGV was developed through wind-tunnel tests. The trains are powered electrically from overhead and are about 18 in. lower than conventional rolling stock. Each train...