Word: turbotrain
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Dates: during 1969-1969
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...Penn Central announced that its electric-powered Metroliner will go into service between New York and Washington on Jan. 16, cutting the trip from 3 hr. 35 min. to 2 hr. 59 min. Soon after, a second high-speed train, the gas-turbine TurboTrain will begin plying the New Haven line's rails between Boston and New York, lopping a full hour off the 4-hr. 15-min. trip...
Capacity Crowd. It is about time that the U.S. got some high-speed trains. Europe has long had them, and Japan's highly successful Tokaido express travels at 130 m.p.h. In December, Canadian National Railways started TurboTrain service between Montreal and Toronto, reducing the usual 4-hr. 59-min. trip to 3 hr. 50 min. The Canadian TurboTrains are as clean and smooth as jet planes and cost considerably less to ride. So far, passengers have filled them almost to capacity...
...contrast to the rather boxy Metroliner, the three-car U.S. TurboTrain is a sleek harbinger of the future. It was built by United Aircraft-which also manufactured the longer Canadian National Turbos. Each of the two prototype TurboTrains cost an estimated $2,000,000 to build. Powered by six 550-h.p. turbine engines, the aluminum Turbos are capable of speeds up to 170 m.p.h. At first they will be restricted to 110 m.p.h. Riding at that speed, the three-car trains can carry about 140 passengers in great comfort. They can round sharp curves at speeds 40% higher than existing...
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