I'm not obsolete yet! » Weird Science http://www.feydakin.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:48:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The great train race http://www.feydakin.com/obsolescence/the-great-train-race/ http://www.feydakin.com/obsolescence/the-great-train-race/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:08:30 +0000 Feydakin http://www.feydakin.com/index.php/obsolescence/the-great-train-race/

New York Central Jet TrainI love weird tech, and it’s really hard to beat the weirdness that the cold war created here and in Russia.. I grew up at the tail end of the cold war that Ronald Reagan, all praise his name, helped bring to an end while I was still in high school.. Anyway, where was I?? Oh, right, jet powered trains.. Really, jet powered trains..

B-36DIn 1966 New York Central converted a Rail Diesel Car in to a jet powered train by adding a pair of General Electric J47-19 turbojet engines.. Normally these engines sit under the wing tip of a Convair B-36D intercontinental bomber.

To help the train cut through the air better a large nose was added to the train. Apparently it was pretty fast too. It reached 184mph on it’s way to Ohio. Not too bad for a train in the 60s..

New York Central Jet Train New York Central Jet Train

The jet trains don’t end here. I found a Russian version made just a few years later.. But more on that in a few days..

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