What happened to the TurboTrain?

The Turbo's final run was on October 31, 1982, when they were replaced by the all-Canadian LRC trainsets from Bombardier Transportation, which employed conventional diesel-electric locomotives.



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Production Train – 170.8 MPH A TurboTrain reached 170.8 mph (274.9 km/h). This remains the world speed record for gas turbine-powered rail vehicles.

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M-497. The first attempt to use turbojet engines on a railroad was made in 1966 by the New York Central Railroad (NYCR), a company with operations throughout the Great Lakes region. They streamlined a Budd Rail Diesel Car, added two General Electric J47-19 jet engines, and nicknamed it the M-497 Black Beetle.

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Amtrak's worst wreck in terms of deaths was the Sept. 22, 1993, derailment outside Mobile, Alabama, when the Sunset Limited plunged off a bridge and caught fire in the pre-dawn hours. Forty-seven passengers and crew were killed and 103 injured in what became known as the Big Bayou Canot rail accident.

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Amtrak's worst wreck in terms of deaths was the Sept. 22, 1993, derailment outside Mobile, Alabama, when the Sunset Limited plunged off a bridge and caught fire in the pre-dawn hours. Forty-seven passengers and crew were killed and 103 injured in what became known as the Big Bayou Canot rail accident.

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The Mercury gradually lost its special appeal as newer, faster trains were developed and automobiles and airplanes became the preferred mode of travel. It was used for regular runs between Cleveland and Detroit until service was phased out in July 1959.

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As of October, the FRA has recorded 742 incident reports for train derailments in 2023. Additionally, railroads reported 59 collisions, 12 fires, and 138 highway-rail-crossing incidents, which could include cars or any other vehicles or people at the crossing site.

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As other posters have indicated, you should be fine riding AMTRAK solo on an overnight run. Being in a confined space with no escape route tends to deter would-be criminals.

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Trains are three times more dangerous than flying but safer than traveling by car (which is 40 times more risky than flying), according to Savage. Yet many folks are still clearly afraid to fly.

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The infrastructure that was transferred to Amtrak's management was also aging rapidly and required repairs. However, perhaps the biggest issue of all was that under the Rail Passenger Service Act, Amtrak did not gain ownership of the majority of the railroad tracks that their trains ran on.

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ROHESTER, N.Y. – Two sisters from Rochester say they were kicked off an Amtrak train 500 miles from home. One of them was accused of being drunk and belligerent. Their choice was either get off the train or go to jail.

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The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

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Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation, with the federal government as majority stockholder. The Amtrak Board of Directors is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Amtrak is operated as a for-profit company, rather than a public authority.

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On average, private jets tend to fly at a speed of around 400-500 knots (460-575 mph), which is similar to the cruising speed of many commercial planes. However, some private jets are capable of flying at much higher speeds.

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Top 10 Fastest Fighter Jets in the world
  • NASA/USAF X-15 - Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph)
  • SR-71 Blackbird - Mach 3.4 (2,500 mph+)
  • Lockheed YF-12 - Mach 3.2 (2,275 mph)
  • MiG-25 Foxbat - Mach 3.2 (2,190 mph)
  • Bell X-2 Starbuster - Mach 3.2 (2,094 mph)
  • XB-70 Valkyrie - Mach 3.02 (2,056 mph)
  • MiG-31 Foxhound - Mach 2.83 (1,864 mph)


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