2012 Event A section of China's high-speed railway collapses after it underwent test runs; the collapse may have resulted from heavy rains 2012 Event Justine Greening, the U.K. Secretary of State for Transport approves the HS2, a high-speed rail line that will link major cities in the U.K. to London 2011 Event A recent crash on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway prompts a halt in service and an inspection of all sections of the track 1963 Event 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train 1960 Event 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia) 1948 Event Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington D.C.) 1934 Event Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha 1929 Event 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 1903 Birthday Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
