a stronger, 25,000-horsepower engine
A modern electric train has one engine per driven axle, you idiot! That means 12 engines in the test train altogether.
Also note that though SNCF's communique itself is not so precise, there are different definitions of horsepower, and with them:
I think you've done this before too. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
Not quite the question you were asking, but in the same vein. Jeff Wegerson - Prairie State Blue