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| Title: |
United Aircraft Turbo-train Demonstrator |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1967 Upload Date: 2/6/2023 5:30:47 PM |
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Joliet, IL |
| Author: |
Fred |
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| Locomotives: |
UAC 1(Turbotrain) |
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| Title: |
TurboTrain, 1968 |
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Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, during January of 1968. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is United Aircraft's "TurboTrain" No. 1 (UAC-1). According to a reliable source, "In both Canada and the United States, the TurboTrain debuted in 1968 and could operate at speeds of up to 160 mph ~ although generally, they did not top 120 mph while in regular service. For a gas-turbine design, the trainsets still hold the world speed record of nearly 171 mph. This was accomplished using just two power cars and a single coach in December of 1967 along the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line in New Jersey, a year before the streamliner went into revenue service." |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1968 Upload Date: 3/16/2018 4:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Morrisville, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
UAC 1(Turbotrain) |
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