Last updated July 30, 2007
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1:55 SNCF Drawings
All drawings copyright Michael Eby unless otherwise noted
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Above: Yep, the 3000th drawing.  It's the TGV V150 (150 for 150 metres per second, or 540 km/h).  This is a combination of TGV Duplex coaches and recently introduced TGV POS (Paris Ostfrankreich Süddeutschland) power cars.  It's the fastest conventional train in the world, setting the world record at 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on April 03, 2007.

The V150 had a number of modifications from the conventional TGV sets, including underbody and roof shrouds, flush windshields, removal of all but one pantograph, larger wheels and higher-powered motors.  The number of cars was reduced from eight in a conventional TGV Duplex to three.  The center (bar) car was specially modified to include powered trucks, a technology currently in testing for future TGV sets.  These changes boosted power output to over 25,000 horsepower total.

Why the V150?  Well, the 1000th and 2000th drawings were both North American locomotives from prior to 1940, so I wanted something new and foreign.  Also, having ridden on the TGV a number of times, I can truly say that it is a spectacular piece of engineering.  Its commercial cruising speed is so fast (up to 320 km/h) that cars on adjacent freeways--even those going in the same direction--are a blur, yet it's smooth enough at speed to walk among cars without holding on to anything.

I had initially planned to have this as the 2999th drawing and have--you guessed it--a painted version of the V150 as the 3000th drawing.  However, the intensely intricate paint scheme on this train (called "Jet de Chrome") would require a tablet and more advanced imaging programs to completed.  I had counted on using the above, but after a month and a half without progress and a backlog of new drawings awaiting completion, I decided to save the painted version for a future (and perhaps bigger) milestone.

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Michael Eby 2007