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Oh boy, I think I need to set something straight here. ICE trains in Germany are passenger only trains, no parcels, no freight. They consist of bespoke EMU´s and operate in a push-pull mode, with speeds up to 210 mph, in most case, however, not beyond 160 mph. IC trains are pulled by a regular loco, with speeds up to 125 mph. Freight trains are a different story. Very few trains top a speed of 50 - 60 mph, as most freight cars are not allowed to go faster. We still have a vast amount of those 2-axle boxcars in operation, and any speed higher than that would be suicidal. Quite a number of our high speed lines have mixed traffic on them, hence the lower speed of the ICE trains on those lines. All of Europe is linked with a network of high speed lines. The "new" European countries, like Hungary, Czech Republic and, to a degree, Poland, are improving their lines to be able to participate. Top end trains are the French TGV and Thalys, the German ICE train and the Spanish AVE. A maybe interesting side note: On April 3rd, 2007, a French TGV POS unit (modified) reached the world speed record, topping 350 mph! Seems as if the next step in high speed rail traffic is a regular speed of 300 mph - this would mean the end of inter-European flights.
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