HIGH SPEED TRAIN PROTOTYPE PROVES ITS WORTH

Unhappy experience with small batches of diesel locomotives ordered off the drawing board in the 1950s ensured that extensive prototype testing would precede series production of British Rail's next generation of 200 km/h intercity trains. The prototype High Speed Train completed in 1972 has already proved its value, but further modifications are continually being introduced so as to prove their acceptability before they are incorporated in the next batch of production trains.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Sephton, B G
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 58-62
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Auxiliary power plants; Cardan shafts; High speed rail; Test trains; Trucks; Vehicle cabs; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Subject Areas: Design; Motor Carriers; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095676
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1976 12:00AM