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• the 200 km/h maximum speed of the Munich-Nuremberg Express (pictured) makes it the only regional train in Germany fast enough to not impede ICE traffic?
• with an area of deep convection near the center, Hurricane Ivo reached peak intensity of 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) on September 20, 2007?
• during the "dawn-to-dusk" publicity run for the CB&Q's Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934, the train reached a top speed of 112.5 mph (181 kph)?
• although the steam-powered SS Clan Alpine had a maximum forwards speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h), on her final journey she went backwards at 35 knots (65 km/h)?
• Hurricane Lisa of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season attained forward motion of over 58 mph (93 km/h) on October 9?
• Bloodhound SSC is a pencil-shaped car powered by a jet engine and a rocket being designed to travel at approximately 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h)?