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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extensively up to about 2000. SNCF (French National Railways) used a number of gas-turbine trainsets, called the Turbotrain, in non-electrified territory...

envisioned by SNCF called for speeds of 250 km/h to 300 km/h (155 mph to 186 mph), SNCF had Alsthom-Atlantique build a special high speed turbotrain prototype...

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 Classes in bold are in use, whilst those in italics have been withdrawn.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...

known for using the post-World War II, American-built SNCF 141R steam engines as well as turbotrain-type trains from September 1970. After electrification...

Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma Bölkow Bo 46 IAR 330 SNCASE SE.3200 Frelon Turbotrain SNCF Class T 2000 N.300 Naviplane Turboprop Breguet Br 940 Integral Bréguet...

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...

steam locomotives until 1975, when hauling of trains was entrusted to the turbotrain. This lasted until 1996 when the line lost its main line status, Grandes...

being about 22.4 hp (16.7 kW) per tonne, compared to 30.8 hp (23.0 kW) for a SNCF TGV Réseau trainset. Unlike the TGV, the Acela sets employ active tilting...

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...

"high-speed train"; formerly TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated mainly by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed...

Turbotrains were gas turbine trains built in France 1971–75 and supplied to SNCF, Amtrak and Iranian Railways....

was called "TGV" (Turbotrain Grande Vitesse). It reached 230 km/h (140 mph) in 1967, and served as a basis for the future Turbotrain and the real TGV....

successful experience of the earlier TGS and the ETG turbotrains, French state railway company SNCF commissioned the T 2000 for entry into service in the...

2020-05-19. TGV 2007 record TGV 2007 record - SNCF Press release Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, SNCF Press release 2 Archived 2007-05-08 at the...

Chambéry et Bellegarde, then on 28 September 1975, first generation turbotrains (so-called 'ETGs') took over. They were so successful that they soon...

train) model was an Americanized version of the French ANF T 2000 RTG Turbotrain (related to the prototype precursor to the very first TGV trainset, the...

high-speed trains. In addition to funding development of the successful UAC TurboTrain and more conventional projects, the FRA also took out licenses on Bertin's...

8 mph (274.9 km/h), achieved in a test run by the U.S./Canada-built UAC TurboTrain on December 20, 1967. North of New York City, Amtrak upgraded the track...

Image Type Top speed Number Remarks Built mph km/h Turbotrain First Class Train 99 160 Exported from SNCF 1967 DH4 IRAN (Pardis) First Class Train 99 160...