Jet-powered trains - videos and photos

[Jon]

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:



1966 16mm film of New York's M-497 Experimental Jet Train. 2:10 video:

1:23 jet train photo montage video:

Some more pics:







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


Previously:

Crane for re-railing train tank cars - video and photo
Rotary train car coal dumping - GIF and video
Train pulls out of a turn - GIF
Train dumping slag - GIF
Fixing buckled train track - GIF
Janney semi-automatic railway coupler - GIF and patent
Laying railroad cable troughs - GIF
railway construction machine GIF
Rail moving robot - GIF
Locomotive sandbox spraying sand on rails for traction - GIF
Rail grinder - video
Railroad multi-maintenance heavy equipment - GIF, video, photos

[toma]

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

[Jon]

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

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.

[VinnieL]

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.