RailPictures.Net Photo: PC 53 Penn Central UA TurboTrain at New Haven, Connecticut by Tom Nelligan

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» Penn Central (more..)
» UA TurboTrain (more..)

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» New Haven, Connecticut, USA (more..)
» April, 1969

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» PC 53 (more..)
» 3002 (more..)

» Tom Nelligan (more..)
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Penn Central began revenue operation of the DOT-owned United Aircraft TurboTrains in April 1969. On one of its first runs as PC train 3002 between New York and Boston, a Turbo glides into New Haven at sunset. It was carded at 3 hours 39 minutes for the Grand Central-Boston run.

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