America Should Envy This Speed Record-Shattering Japanese Bullet Train. Las Vegas Blog

[embedded content] The Central Japan Railway Company’s maglev bullet train hit 366 miles per hour yesterday in a test, a record-setting clip in that breaks the the 12-year-old landspeed record of 361 mph, the Wall Street Journal reports. That’s crazy fast, and much faster than the train will go when it starts carrying passengers in 2027. (The video above shows the train being tested last year.) Meanwhile, North America’s Amtrak … Read the rest