UAC TurboTrain
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The UAC TurboTrain was an early high-speed gas turbine trainset manufactured by United Aircraft that operated in Canada between 1968 and 1982 and in the United States between 1968 and 1976. The TurboT
A Via Rail TurboTrain in October 1980
Turbo in DOT paint prior to Amtrak's inception, 1971
An Amtrak TurboTrain arriving at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in September 1971
An Amtrak TurboTrain on display at Transpo '72
Tilting train
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A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train rounds a curve at speed, it experiences centripetal force, pushing on objects inside it. Thi
UAC TurboTrain
…in the United States between 1968 and 1976. The TurboTrain was among the first gas turbine-powered trains in regular service, and one of the earliest tilting trains introduced in North America. A series of design studies carried out by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1950s used the second-generation Talgo design…
A Japanese KiHa 283 series tilting DMU, which can tilt up to 8° (6° in normal operation)
A ČD Class 680 Pendolino train in July 2006
A Swiss SBB RABDe 500 on the Hauenstein railway line in May 2007
British Rail Class 370 (APT) passing Carlisle in 1984