{"id":15293,"date":"2016-05-19T05:57:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T09:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15293"},"modified":"2016-05-17T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T22:43:13","slug":"tracking-the-light-visualizes-speed-traveling-by-sncfs-tgv-a-dozen-new-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-visualizes-speed-traveling-by-sncfs-tgv-a-dozen-new-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light Visualizes Speed: Traveling by SNCF\u2019s TGV\u2014a dozen new photos."},"content":{"rendered":"

Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 National de Chemin de Fer\u2019s Trains \u00e0 Grande Vitesse is 35 years old.<\/p>\n

Last month (April 2016) I made a series of trips across France on SNCF\u2019s TGV, a means of flying by rail.<\/p>\n

And, yes the speed is impressive: it\u00a0makes the Acela Express seem like it\u2019s coasting.<\/p>\n

Here are just a sampling of my Lumix LX7 images from and of SNCF\u2019s TGV and its stations.<\/p>\n

\"TGV<\/a>
TGV arriving at Brussels Midi. Today, TGV operates to a variety of countries across Europe including Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Room<\/a>
Room with a view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"TGV<\/a>
TGV map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wrote about the TGV in my book Bullet Trains<\/em> published by MBI in 2001.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt of the text on TGV:<\/p>\n

In conjunction with the construction of the new high speed railway called the Lignes \u00e0 Grande Vitesse (LGV), SNCF developed of the Trains \u00e0 Grande Vitesse (TGV), an entirely new high speed train. When discussing the French system the LGV refers to the new high speed infrastructure, including the tracks, while TGV refers to the high speed railway technology, including the trains themselves.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Lounge<\/a>
Lounge on a TGV Duplex set (a double-deck TGV train).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Upstairs\/Downstairs<\/a>
Upstairs\/Downstairs at 186 mph. (And no one to yap at you about moving between cars at speed, let alone descending stairs).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from the train.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"TGV<\/a>
TGV Lyria at the Charles de Gaulle airport station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"TGV<\/a>
TGV pauses at Charles de Gaulle airport. Take the plane to the train! It works, just ask Pop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"TGV<\/a>
TGV Duplex after arrival at Bordeaux in southern France.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Typical<\/a>
Typical Frist class seating on the TGV Duplex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lille<\/a>
Lille Europe, TGV\/Eurostar Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 National de Chemin de Fer\u2019s Trains \u00e0 Grande Vitesse is 35 years old. Last month (April 2016) I made a series of trips across France on SNCF\u2019s TGV, a means of flying by rail. And, yes the speed is impressive: it\u00a0makes the Acela Express seem like it\u2019s coasting. Here are just a sampling of … Continue reading Tracking the Light Visualizes Speed: Traveling by SNCF\u2019s TGV\u2014a dozen new photos.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,2333,3518,2600,2638,1390],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TGV_lounge_P1450750.jpg?fit=2448%2C1634","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3YF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15293"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15295,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15293\/revisions\/15295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}