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French railway history sources (docrail.fr[2], Wikipedia’s[3] SNCF Class CC 7100 article) date the 331 km/h record run to March 28-29, 1955, crediting both the CC 7107 and BB 9004.France's SNCF pushed two modified electric locomotives to a then-world rail speed record of 331 km/h (206 mph) on a test track near Facture on March 28-29, 1955. An Infrastructural Game Changer cites the run as the moment fast trains overtook cars and planes.
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