Russians Built a Turbo Jet Train in 1960s
19th February 2016
This very ominous rusted piece of metal would have been state of the art at its time of construction. The estimated top speed was in the range of 250 to 350 km/h. In fact, the american built turbo jet train is currently still the fastest train ever built in North America.
The design of the train really isn’t that complex. As can be noted in the pictures, two standard jet engines, often recycled from airplanes, were attached to the front of the forward most car. With a little aerodynamic re-engineering of the train cars, that’s all it took to pioneer this new technology.
February 19th, 2016 at 10:52
Fast is not hard. Not causing a spectacular crash takes some work.