TESTS AND SERVICES OF THE SNCF TURBOTRAINS RTG AND TGV. 001. THE TURBOTRAIN--A TRUMP-CARD FOR RAILWAYS

Daily high-speed running by SNCF of turbotrains and the two test sets at 250/300 km/h have established that the application of aero gas turbines to railway rolling stock is sound engineering and that services of 250 km/h are commercially and technically worthwhile as well as establishing beyond doubt that the steel wheel on the steel rail is the most satisfactory and economic form of transit for speeds in the order of 300 km/h.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bernard, J P
  • Garde, M
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 401-406
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Passenger cars; Passenger service; Technology; Turbotrains
• Identifier Terms: Amtrak
• Geographic Terms: France
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051398
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM