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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Turbine Unit) turbotrains in Paris - Cherbourg service, in March 1970. The desire for higher speeds and the successful development of the turbotrain program...
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    intended for stationary applications, originally developed for the UAC TurboTrain, and now widely used as auxiliary power units on large aircraft, as well...
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    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...
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    created some early hopes with the UAC TurboTrain, in its Toronto–Montreal route during the 1960s. The TurboTrain was a true HST, achieving speeds as high...
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    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...
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    snack-bar coach. On February 7, 1972, Amtrak transferred one of its two UAC TurboTrain trainsets, then on the Turboservice between New York City and Boston,...
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    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...
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