China’s Most Epic Higher-speed Rail Journeys
In 1905, St. Louis Auto Corporation constructed a railcar for the traction magnate Henry E. Huntington, capable of speeds approaching 160 km/h . As soon as it ran 32 km among Los Angeles and Long Beach in 15 minutes, an typical speed of 130 km/h . Westinghouse and General Electric designed motors compact adequate to be mounted on the bogies. The trip from Seoul to Busan can take over five hours by bus, but the KTX can cut that to…