TGV PSE set No 88, seen at the workshops of Villeneuve.
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This set was taken out of revenue service in 1985 and rebuilt with new synchronous motors, so as to test those for the forthcoming TGV Atlantique fleet.
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Only 5 trailers out of the original 8 remained, while end-trailers also lost their motors.
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A TGV Atlantique-style blue stripe also replaced the original grey.
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on 12th December 1988, this set ran at up to 408.4km/h, thence outspeeding the World record of ICE-V (406.9 km/h on 1st May 1988), although no certification ever came... 
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In 1989, it was eventually rebuilt as tri-voltage (for Paris-Lausanne/Bern) and renumbered 118.
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Villeneuve-St Georges.
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18th September 1988. 
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Photo by Georges Nadeau (Acknowledgements)
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