The average sped was about 30 mph,
but some trains exceeded 60 mph (for advertising purposes)
and there were some pushing 100 - a totally unsafe speed.
Everything above 30 was totally unsafe - bad breaks, poor track, no signals (except manual ones).
Passenger trains could go as fast as 80 mph, freights were normally limited to about 30.
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There is no such thing as a jet train.
The speed is limited by the rail authority. Turns out that empty trains can't go any faster than full trains - but, empty trains can accelerate faster. A loaded coal train can go as fast as 55 miles per hour.
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Top speed of 125mph where the track allows.
The first locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick and had a top speed of about 4 mph (miles per hour).
loaded coal trains go 55mph and are 18 thousand tons 120 cars
They could go 100 mph, passenger trains usually were limited to 60 mph, and most freights were lucky to reach 25 mph. The true limiting factor was the breaking systems.
These Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) trains goes up to 431kph/267.8mph