Classic Don! Just got my Rapido HO version last week!
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Nice Shot Don, Gotta Remember Though That The New Haven Kept the Shore Line In Top Shape Even Though They We're Bankrupt!!!
DaveKfromUP
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Looks like a giant monkey on steel. Great history shot!
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That is very cool. Thanks for poting.
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Great picture of what has to be the wierdest locomotive ever built. Wasn't this based on something Walt Disney come up with?
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Brian, it wasn't Walt Disney (were you joking?), but in fact it was Robert Young of the C&O who was the inspiration for the Turbotrain. Recall Young coined the moniker - "C&O for Progress" and vowed that the C&O's passenger service should be second to none. The original design was called "Train X" and was very similar. The train was thought up in the early 50's and co-designed with C&O's research department and Pullman Standard. The Pullman company later built the cars onthe Turbotrain as pictured. Unfortunately, Young left the C&O in 1954 to run the New York Central and the project never got completed. However, Google a search on NYC's Explorer to see a variant later pursued.
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Walt didn't come up with this Turbotrain, it was something about the Aerotrain!
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