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Posted by seabeachexpress on Wed Nov 18 21:47:20 2009 The R44 also set the world speed record for a subway car. On January 31, 1972, a consist reached a speed of 87.75 mph(141.2 km/hr) on the Long Island Rail Road's main line between Woodside and Jamaica. With two motors per car disabled, the train still reached 77 mph. The cars were capable of even higher speeds, but the length of the test track was insufficient to allow further acceleration.The question: has this record ever been broken? |
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