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Modern marvels. Season 10, Episode 9, Bullet trains /

Traveling between 135 and 190 miles per hour with an astonishingly high safety record, bullet trains can be found throughout Europe, Japan, and on the US eastern seaboard. How high-speed trains are propelled is rooted in fundamentals that haven't changed since the first electric trolleys appear...

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Other Authors:	Oey, Nancy (Producer, Screenwriter), Nash, Bruce M. (Producer), Raphael, Max (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 2003.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	High speed trains. Railroad trains. Trains à grande vitesse. Trains. Documentary television programs. Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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