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Uncovering Germany's High-Speed Train Legacy

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the futuristic design of a long-lost German passenger train that traveled between Hamburg and Berlin, driven by a pusher propeller. The train didn't catch on, but the German railway system matched its record speed only last month with its latest generation of passenger trains.

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International Correspondent Emily Harris is based in Jerusalem as part of NPR's Mideast team. Her post covers news related to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. She began this role in March of 2013.
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