eli5 What makes ‘high-powered’ rail trains so much faster than regular trains?

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I am talking about Shinkansen or their French or Chinese analogs. What technological advancement in the recent years allows them to travel so fast? Where I come from most trains don’t go nearly at that fast speed.

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Normal trains have motors at the front and/or rear, high speed trains have a motor on every car

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