The TurboTrain - The Sikorsky Aircraft Promotional Film

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Released originally by the Surface Transportation Systems of Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Aircraft in 1968. Includes excellent footage of the TurboTrain demonstration runs.
From the original Sikorsky Aircraft promo material released with the film: "A sleek, new lightweight passenger train, the Turbo-Train, enters service in 1968 in the United States and Canada. The TurboTrain is lighter, faster, quieter, smoother and more reliable than conventional trains -and cheaper to run. The TurboTrain, conceived on aerodynamic principles, and powered by aircraft-type gas turbine engines, was designed by United Aircraft Corpo-ration. It is being developed and marketed by Surface Transportation Systems, Sikorsky Aircraft Division.
The TurboTrain is a modern, streamlined, high-speed intercity passenger train designed by aerospace engineers and based on the principles of flight.
Powered by aircraft-type gas turbine engines, it was designed to provide comfortable, high performance service on existing railroad trackage. The TurboTrain can travel at speeds up to 170 mph but initial top speeds in passenger-carrying service this year will be about 120 mph. "
This film is being posted for educational purposes only. To learn more about the CN UAC TurboTrain, visit the largest audio and video collection of Turbo links at High Speed Rail Canada - www.highspeedrailcanada.com

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14 сен 2021

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@uncinarynin Год назад

They should have preserved one in a museum.

@bernardmueller5676 14 дней назад

Funny that they blame the TurboTrain for failing and NOT the bad track condition as well as the many railroad crossings.

@stickynorth Год назад

Still breaks my heart that this was well before I was born and yet runs faster than todays services which here in Alberta are close to 0...

@jonathanchester5916

Thanks auto lobbyists for crushing high speed rail in North America.

@rontroy3843 2 года назад

I rode a Turboliner from GCT to Boston many years ago and back; smooth, quiet, great experience.

@BHARGAV_GAJJAR Год назад

Doesn't hurt to put an aerodynamic low drag nose on every high speed train although I wouldn't apply direct mechanical power via 90 degree gear boxes that's gonna be bad. I would use turboprops to drive generators and put motors on each of the carriages

@timtim8468 7 часов назад

Using right angle gear boxes, we can add as much engines as we please. We don't worry about fuel economy, noise, we're just zipping from downtown of one city, to another, in comfort!

@johneddy908 Год назад

Sikorsky Aircraft is today part of Lockheed Martin.

@jimdieseldawg3435 14 дней назад

How To Compete With Airlines. 1, add wheels to a fuselage. 2, use turbine power but not with direct thrust utilisation nor driving efficient multi-bladed variable-pitch propellers. 3, use complex and unproven gearboxes to funnel shaft-drive directly to some of the wheels, completely ignoring the facts that (a) driving a generator or alternator to provide current to traction motors had already long been proven to be more efficient; (b) that decades of locomotive experience had clearly proven the superior reliability of power-electric drive over power-mechanical (and power-hydraulic) drive; and (c) that UP had unequivocally demonstrated that even turbine-electric propulsion was excessively fuel-hungry compared to diesel-electrics of similar power to the rail and less than optimal in the reliability stakes. 4, run the passenger services at about a third of the speed of a period airliner due to the inconvenient presence of track curvature and altitude variations between and over annoyingly hard and unyielding geographical and man-made features. What could possibly go wrong?

@dancostello6465 Год назад

Only train I ever liked. Knew a lot about UAC back then. For years one of these was sitting in Moncton on a siding. Those were too cool for school. They had some teething problems. Tracks were too old to got fast on. Brakes needed tweaking. Etc.

@XxBec3509 2 часа назад

Greetings from England. The turbo train looks great.

@fiatfan83 21 день назад

LOVE that the Granatelli Turbine got a shout out in this.

@trainglen22 21 день назад

Loved the early morning Turbo from Montreal to Toronto. Faster than the current Via trains these days.

@phillydisco 14 часов назад

A passenger rail that goes fast needs a dedicated rail. In Japan, they have many sections raised.

@BudTheDrummer Год назад

I saw the first Turbo Trains to hit the New Haven in the mid to late '60's. They looked and sounded spectacular, especially when they spooled up after stopping for a red signal.But they proved troublesome and were sold off quickly.

@dmrr7739 7 часов назад

The soundtrack is hilarious!

@desertmodern7638 День назад

I was completely unaware of these. Gearboxes tend to be relatively high maintenance, so perhaps that was an issue. Diesel-electric and electric trains use of electric motors for power at the wheels would seem simpler and lower maintenance.