French Rail Disruption on an Olympic Scale

[DJ Dangerous]

I recon that there will be some great photo oportunities for French rail enthusiasts today, with the amount of non-prototypical operation due to the arson attacks.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cxe24vg59lzt

 

Any recommendations for internet fora that may have photos of some of the chaos and rarities?

[murphaph]

A close escape out of Paris for the young lad and I yesterday so....(sorry for the blurry image, it was taken rather hastily)

This was the fastest speed I saw on the displays, though the line speed of the LGV Est from Paris to Strasbourg (where this pic was taken yesterday afternoon) is 320 km/h. The ICE 3 Classes 403/6/7/8 are all capable of this line speed (some are capable of 330km/h) but interestingly there are no lines in Germany where they are or any other trains are permitted to travel in excess of 300km/h. So the only place to hit this speed on a German ICE 3 is in France. 

The LGV Est is the fastest LGV in France and in fact it's the fastest high speed section of conventional rail anywhere on earth. This is the line the current world record (574.8 km/h) for steel wheels on steel rail was set.