This article is about the French Turbotrain. For the UAC Turbo used in Canada and the United States, see UAC TurboTrain. For the ANF and Rohr Turbotrains used in the United States, see Turboliner.
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SNCF's turbotrain in Houlgate on the Deauville-Dives line.
The Turbotrain was any of several French high-speed, gas turbine trains. The earliest Turbotrain entered service in 1967, for use on France's SNCF intercity lines. There were four versions in total, with the last exiting service in 2005, and it is the Turbotrain that made advances possible for the TGV.
The UAC TurboTrain was an early high-speed, gas turbine train manufactured by United Aircraft that operated in Canada between 1968 and 1982 and in the...
The Turbotrain was any of several French high-speed, gas turbine trains. The earliest Turbotrain entered service in 1967, for use on France's SNCF intercity...
was used on a number of commercial services. Among these was the UAC TurboTrain, which was the first (albeit short-lived) tilting train to enter commercial...
called the Turbotrain, in non-electrified territory. These typically consisted of a power car at each end with three cars between them. Turbotrain was in...
Turbine Unit) turbotrains in Paris - Cherbourg service, in March 1970. The desire for higher speeds and the successful development of the turbotrain program...
service on the Mascouche line. In May 1966, CN ordered five seven-car UAC TurboTrain for the Montreal–Toronto service. It planned to operate them in tandem...
Aircraft: design and development of a hybrid VTOL/Conventional design UAC TurboTrain (1968) Sikorsky ASPB Assault Support Patrol Boat (1969) H-34 Choctaw Canadian...
tilting system, but was abandoned owing to technical difficulties. This turbotrain was built in a radically different fashion than its predecessors (the...
The TGV (French: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated...
leading to a ten-day shutdown of the city from August 1. August 1 – UAC TurboTrain maiden voyage. August 2 – The Turkish football club Trabzonspor is established...
series Dutch ICM Danish DSB IC3 JR E351 series British Rail Class 150 UAC TurboTrain power car A walk-through head is a type of gangway connection that is...
1979 Turbo Train fire 29 May 1979 near Morrisburg, Ontario 0 0 A UAC TurboTrain operated by Via Rail on westbound service from Montréal to Toronto caught...
and Canadian Pacific. It also received three of the experimental UAC TurboTrain gas-turbine trainsets. Between 1980–1984 Bombardier delivered 31 LRC ("Light...
& Whitney TF30. UAC acquired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway designed UAC TurboTrain to compete in the DOT's Northeast Corridor Demonstration Project. Two...
Builder Model Road numbers Original owner Years of service Notes UAC TurboTrain 50–53 USDOT via NYC, PC 1971-1976 Gas turbine trainset. Budd RDC 10–20...
Corridor between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey United States UAC TurboTrain GTEL -- Unmod. -- 271 km/h (168 mph) 1993-10-05 Saint Petersburg — Moscow...
permission granted from the king. From 1968 to 1982 Via Rail operated a "TurboTrain" passenger service between Toronto and Montreal. The gas-turbine-powered...
dome cars and rail diesel cars, and services such as Rapido and the UAC TurboTrain trains temporarily increased numbers of passengers, reversing previous...
Safety Improvement Act of 2008.[citation needed] In December 1967, the UAC TurboTrain set a speed record for a production train: 170.8 miles per hour (274.9 km/h)...
List of locomotive and multiple unit classes of SNCF. Classes in bold are in use, whilst those in italics have been withdrawn. Vehicle numbers are three...
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