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| Title: |
Amtrak Turbo 50 |
| Description: |
Three months after Amtrak began running trains, it sent United Aircraft TURBOTRAIN set 50/51 on a nationwide tour to show Americans what the future of passenger travel would look like. Things didn't quite work out the way Amtrak showed us, but here was Paul Oliver in font of power car 50 while the train was on display at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The gold stripes on the train were actually black SCOTCHLITE, and the young woman on the left was wearing a purple SMILE A WHILE ON THE TURBOTRAIN sticker. The train had just arrived on the Southern Railway and left two days later on the Southern Pacific, and several of us got to ride it to Lafayette. Illinois Central coach 2504 had been built in October 1946 as Chicago & Eastern Illinois 463 VERMILLION TRAIL and was purchased by the IC in 1961. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1971 Upload Date: 9/21/2017 12:26:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
737 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK TurboTrain #50 |
| Description: |
Looking like a combination of an ocean ship and a wing-stripped airplane, the TurboTrain was an interested and unusual experiment. Built by United Aircraft of Canada, this was a high speed gas-turbine sleek even had the first ever tilting mechanism in the US for cornering curves. Although distinctive in design, there were lingering problems with the overall service and Amtrak finally pulled them from revenue service in 1976. No photographer was listed for the 620 film sized photo. |
| Photo Date: |
9/4/1971 Upload Date: 5/28/2023 5:40:41 AM |
| Location: |
Aurora, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
111 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Turbo |
| Description: |
Approaching Chicago Union Station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1971 Upload Date: 2/13/2013 10:22:32 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Harris |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
889 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak Yankee Clipper Turbotrain - 1974 |
| Description: |
Photographer Unknown - Collection of Mario Stefani - Not sure what number Turbotrain this is |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1974 Upload Date: 7/26/2012 9:55:28 AM |
| Location: |
Stonington, CT |
| Author: |
unknown |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Model,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
944 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak TurboTrain - New Haven - 1976 |
| Description: |
Photo 4 of 5 |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 1/15/2012 11:15:06 AM |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Model,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
886 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak TurboTrain - New Haven - 1976 |
| Description: |
Photo 5 of 5 |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/1976 Upload Date: 1/15/2012 11:21:44 AM |
| Location: |
New Haven, CT |
| Author: |
Frank A. Phillips Jr. |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
477 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 50 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/29/1978 Upload Date: 3/17/2015 9:32:53 PM |
| Location: |
Brighton Park (subdivision), IL |
| Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
AMTK 50(Turbotrain) |
| Views: |
926 Comments: 0 |
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