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Re: Aerotrain?

To: BRHSlist@egroups.com, heartland_flyer@egroups.com
Subject: Re: Aerotrain?
From: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@r...>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 17:03:10 -0800
In-reply-to: <3A2963D8.A5FA8606@p...>
At 03:04 PM 12/2/00 -0600, Stephen J. Levine wrote:

>includes a photo of the NYC AEROTRAIN. What is the history of that wild 
>futureistic looking loco?

Bowser has an Aerotrain page at

http://www.bowser-trains.com/EMRS%20pages/Aero.htm

with the best online collection of prototype pictures I know of.

More pics are at

http://www.prrths.com/PRR_Paoli%20Aerotrain%201956.html

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel38.html

Two Aerotrains were built by GM. UP leased an Aerotrain as "City of Las
Vegas" from November 1956 to September 1957, running between Los Angeles
and Las Vegas. According to Kratville, the lightweight cars ran rough and
were not popular. PRR, NYC and RI briefly tested an Aerotrain. The
locomotive was custom-made and the cars were widened GM bus bodies on a
single, air-suspended axle at each end. A locomotive and a car still exist
at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. There's a good Aerotrain
chapter in "Union Pacific Streamliners"

Best regards,

Randy

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