Builder: Lafabrick
Region: Europe & Middle East
Category entered:
Year entered: 2023
Brand of building bricks used:
LEGO
Since 2026, the Brick Train Awards have accepted models created with other LEGO®-compatible construction brick systems.
About TGV world speed record V150 by Lafabrick
The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, French for "High-Speed Train") holds a series of land speed records for rail vehicles achieved by SNCF, the French national railway, and its industrial partners. The V150 operation, where 150 again refers to a target speed in metres per second, is a series of high-speed tests carried out on the LGV Est high-speed line in France prior to its opening in June 2007. The tests were carried out jointly by the SNCF, TGV manufacturer Alstom and the owner of the LGV Est, Réseau Ferré de France, between 15 January 2007 and 15 April 2007. After a series of increasingly fast runs, the official speed record attempt took place on 3 April 2007. The maximum speed of 574.8 km/h (159.6 m/s) was reached at kilometre point 191, between the Meuse and Champagne-Ardenne TGV stations, where the profile is the most favourable. The TGV V150 is a TGV train transformed for the occasion and very recognisable thanks to the decoration that was imagined for it.
The TGV V150 model is 6 studs wide, 2.22 m long and made up of 4,500 parts. The decoration has been completely redone and designed to fit the lego model.