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    The Turboliners were a family of gas turbine trainsets built for Amtrak in the 1970s. They were among the first new equipment purchased by Amtrak to update...
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    (Beechcraft) Turboliner 15-passenger version of the Turbo 18 with extended fuselage, powered by 2 705-hp Garrett TPE331-1-101Bs Volpar (Beechcraft) Turboliner II...
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    introduced French-built Turboliner equipment to the Michigan route and added a third round-trip. A pool of three Turboliner trainsets served the route...
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    French-built Turboliner equipment to the Michigan route. Amtrak added a third round-trip to the corridor on April 27. A pool of three Turboliner trainsets...
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    engines. 176 built (excluding military derivatives). Convair CV-240-21 Turboliner Turboprop-powered conversion fitted with Allison T38 engines. It became...
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    zone, terminus. In January 2018, Amtrak moved three derelict RTL-III Turboliner gas turbine trains formerly used on the Empire Corridor from storage in...
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    high-roofed model with a bonded and riveted fibreglass extension called the Turboliner was also sold, beginning in 1986. In 1990 the R-series received a facelift...
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  • (trainset) (Rame à Turbine à Gaz), a French gas turbine trainset RTG Turboliner, US import of the French trainset Radeon Technologies Group, a division...
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    October 26, 1975, and re-equipped it with French-built Turboliner trainsets on May 20, 1976. The new Turboliners were capable of, but never reached, 125 mph (201 km/h)...
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    the Allison T40 programme. The engines fitted to the Convair CV-240-21 Turboliner were rated to 2,750 shp (2,050 kW) equivalent. In 1951, the United States...
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    members on board. On August 27, 1971, a Chicago & Southern Airlines Volpar Turboliner (Beechcraft Model 18) with 2 occupants on board suffered a loss of power...
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  • zero-tolerance behaviour system used in some British secondary schools RTL Turboliner, a gas turbine trainset Ride the Lightning, a 1984 album by the American...
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    the aircraft was substantially damaged. On December 10, 1992, a Volpar Turboliner operated by Connie Kalitta Services crashed 3 miles (4.8 km) west of BWI...
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    1977, new Turboliner gas turbine trainsets took over from the D&H cars. Conventional Amtrak equipment would eventually displace the Turboliners. In the...
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    maintained by the Redbird Foundation. Dugger is home to an abandoned RTG Turboliner formerly used by Amtrak from 1973 to 1981. Found along Indiana State Road...
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    trains. None of the first-type Turboliners remain in service. Amtrak also added a number of similarly named Rohr Turboliners (or RTL) to its roster. There...
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    Cargo Barden, Paul, ed. (December 1986). "Test Special: Renault R340 Turboliner". TRUCK. London, UK: FF Publishing Ltd: 75. Kennett, Pat, ed. (August...
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    AS532 Cougar Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma Eurocopter EC725 IAR 330 SM Turboliner[citation needed] Makila 1A 1240 kW (1662shp) Makila 1A1 1357 kW (1820shp)...
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    Turbotrain and Turboliner trainsets, and self-propelled RDC and Metroliner railcars. An EMD FP7 and two EMD SDP40Fs in 1975 A Turboliner trainset in 1975...
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    Milwaukee. The coaches, led by an EMD F40PH locomotive, displaced the regular Turboliner equipment. The equipment continued to operate on the run for several weeks...
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  • service Power type Notes ANF Turboliner 58–69 1973–1995 Gas turbine Semi-permanently coupled trainset. Rohr Turboliner 150–163 1976–2002 Gas turbine...
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    diesel–electric units, such as the LRC train. Amtrak continued to run Rohr Turboliners until about 2003. Another change that has taken place over the last few...
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  • Trans-Mo Airlines Bellair Alaska 7G Anchorage 1980 2004 Operated Volpar Turboliner Bellingham-Seattle Airways Washington Bellingham 1964 1969 Merged into...
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    plugs had been performed the previous day. On October 8, 1987, a Volpar Turboliner II operated by Connie Kalitta Services crashed while attempting to return...
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    overhauled in the 1990s included Metra Highliner I EMU cars, an Amtrak Turboliner RTL-II, as well as BTC-1C passenger cars and US Standard Light Rail Vehicles...
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     1973 (1973-09-30) Replaced by Turboliner Chicago – St. Louis October 26, 1975 (1975-10-26) January 8, 1978 (1978-01-08) Replaced one Turboliner round trip; replaced...
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    that August. Beginning on February 1, 1971, a cross-platform transfer to Turboliner service to Boston was offered at Penn Station. However, top speed was...
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    tested a newly rebuilt Turboliner RTL-III gas turbine trainset capable of reaching 125 mph (201 km/h). In 2004, the Turboliner rehabilitation project...
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    ordering a further 23 Horizon cars to replace the troublesome gas-turbine Turboliner trainsets used on New York's Empire Corridor service, but the order was...
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    be found on the same timetable. On June 15, 1976, Amtrak introduced Turboliners to the route and the name Hiawatha Service left the timetable, not to...
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