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The UK's APT (Advanced Passenger Train) of the 1970s used 6 gas
turbines to power it. Never made it into service.
pics of one of the turbines. http://www.apt-e.org/index/apt73.htm

David


That was only the experimental version, the prototype and production
versions
were intended to be electrically hauled. The BoBo power car design was used
to build a new locomotive, the Class 91 capable of 140mph, which pulls the
Inter City 225 on the East Coast main line today.

Keith



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