General Information

Serial #

13051-003

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/.2 SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

360.0 cm

Width

180.0 cm

Height

95.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Motive power

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

UNITED AIRCRAFT

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

late 1960's-1984

Canada

FROM CNR TURBOTRAIN DOME CAR WHICH POWERED TRAIN. AMERICAN DESIGNED BUT LARGELY CANADIAN MFD. HIGH POWER TURBINE, LIGHT WEIGHT TRANSIT SYSTEM INTENDED TO PROVIDE FASTER, MORE COMFORTABLE, MORE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL TO RUN RAIL TRANSPORTATION ON HEAVILY TRAVELLED MONTREAL-TORONTO LINE.

Function

COMPONENTS OF TURBOTRAIN POWER CAR, ONE OF TWO SIMILAR CARS CONTAINING GAS TURBINE POWER UNIT, ONE PLACED AT EACH END OF SEVEN CAR TRAIN.

Technical

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO RAIL TRANSPORT CHARACTERIZED BY AERODYNAMIC DESIGN, DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS, GAS TURBINE POWER, PENDULOUS SUSPENSION & GUIDED AXLE (SINGLE &DOUBLE) SYSTEMS, ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED BRAKES, LIGHTER WEIGHT PERMITTING HIGHER SPEED, SMOOTHER RIDE, FASTER ACCELERATION & DECELERATION, SIMPLER MAINTENANCE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE READING: "UNITED AIRCRAFT OF CANADA LIMITED" & "13051-003/110"/.2 YELLOW PAINTED "S/N 2007"/.3 YELLOW PAINTED "S/N 3003"

Missing

.1 TURBINE

Finish

UNFINISHED

Decoration

NONE