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TurboTrain

TurboTrain Tour 1971
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NORTH AMERICA'S FASTEST TRAIN.

  • This unique and famous train toured the USA in 1971, meeting huge crowds at each stop (as in the photo above). It is well known nationwide by a new generation of model railroaders in their late 40s.
  • The TurboTrain looks great in a display case or on the layout - it will even run on 18" radius curves.
  • The TurboTrain was designed by United Aircraft (later Sikorsky) and the prototype incorporated five Pratt & Whitney ST-6 (PT-6) aircraft turbine engines, giving it the unique position as the only train of interest to aircraft collectors.
  • Its wide range of paint schemes has broad appeal ranging from New Haven modelers to Amtrak fans.
  • There are both American and Canadian roadnames for continent-wide interest.
  • We've done the market research for you - we can tell you roughly how many additional cars to order for each paint scheme, and we can tell you approximately how many trains to order depending on your location and size of business.

Prototype photograph by Sikorsky Aircraft.

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