New TGV high-speed trains coming to France


California's governor recently pulled the plug on the state's seriously delayed and seriously over budget high-speed train project, bringing to reality what many of us had feared all along – billions of dollars wasted for a train from Bakersfield to Merced, in other words from nowhere to nowhere.

Meanwhile Alstom, a manufacturer of train equipment, is giving a sneak preview of the next generation of high-speed trains in France, capable of reaching 220 mph with more passengers and less energy than previous generations.

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