Trains going places... and fast!
“Fa
ster than fairies, faster than witches, bridges and houses, hedges and ditches...” With his penchant for prolific prose, Robert Louis Stevenson penned thus in an untitled poem on ‘trains’ somewhere in the latter half of the 18th century. And, having written it back then (when trains were not half as fast), one can only imagine how his poem would have shaped aboard the French TGV, when it recently hit 574.8 kph (357.2 mph) on the speed dial, a record by any train running on standard rails! It would perhaps be like the last line of the same poem – “Each a glimpse and gone forever!” Or maybe the poor man wouldn’t have been able to pen anything at all, for it is unlikely that one will catch even a glimpse of what’s on the outside when the TGV is in full throttle.
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“Fa
ster than fairies, faster than witches, bridges and houses, hedges and ditches...” With his penchant for prolific prose, Robert Louis Stevenson penned thus in an untitled poem on ‘trains’ somewhere in the latter half of the 18th century. And, having written it back then (when trains were not half as fast), one can only imagine how his poem would have shaped aboard the French TGV, when it recently hit 574.8 kph (357.2 mph) on the speed dial, a record by any train running on standard rails! It would perhaps be like the last line of the same poem – “Each a glimpse and gone forever!” Or maybe the poor man wouldn’t have been able to pen anything at all, for it is unlikely that one will catch even a glimpse of what’s on the outside when the TGV is in full throttle.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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