Jet-powered trains - videos and photos

Got anything to do today? Then don't type jet train into Google. Really nice vehicular rabbit hole that runs through some of our favorite concepts: trains, jet engines, weird rides, monstrous abandoned Russian vehicles, 1960s engineering.

Abandoned Russian jet train:
https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/jet_train1.jpg


1966 16mm film of New York's M-497 Experimental Jet Train. 2:10 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saG-QQSiG4I


1:23 jet train photo montage video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T66Hkoj02A4


Some more pics:
https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/jet_train2.jpg

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/jet_train3.jpg

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/jet_train4.jpg


More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbojet_train


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...403#post127265
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...737#post124083
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...561#post123084
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...970#post120026
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...987#post120128
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2795#post97153
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3490#post99233
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1502#post74535
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...127#post100812
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...710#post108194
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...121#post115609
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...917#post119761

The first image nicely depicts the sad destiny of jet trains..

The Bennie Railplane. Overhead monorail + propellers. 2:27 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvSmwMqtylA

Civilization and its vehicles reminds me of Pizza Hut. Same four components (bread, cheese, sauce, toppings), but they manage to combine them into a stunning variety of different, uh, creations.

I bet those jet trains made a nasty racket when they went-by! Kinda like having the U.S. Navy Blue Angels landing on the railroad tracks behind your house.