- The
Turboliners were a
family of gas
turbine trainsets built for
Amtrak in the 1970s. They were
among the
first new
equipment purchased by
Amtrak to update...
- engines. 176
built (excluding
military derivatives).
Convair CV-240-21
Turboliner Turboprop-powered
conversion ****ed with
Allison T38 engines. It became...
- (Beechcraft)
Turboliner 15-p****enger
version of the
Turbo 18 with
extended fuselage,
powered by 2 705-hp
Garrett TPE331-1-101Bs
Volpar (Beechcraft)
Turboliner II...
-
introduced French-built
Turboliner equipment to the
Michigan route and
added a
third round-trip. A pool of
three Turboliner trainsets served the route...
- French-built
Turboliner equipment to the
Michigan route.
Amtrak added a
third round-trip to the
corridor on
April 27. A pool of
three Turboliner trainsets...
- zone, terminus. In
January 2018,
Amtrak moved three derelict RTL-III
Turboliner gas
turbine trains formerly used on the
Empire Corridor from
storage in...
- October 26, 1975, and re-equipped it with French-built
Turboliner trainsets on May 20, 1976. The new
Turboliners were
capable of, but
never reached, 125 mph (201 km/h)...
-
feeding a
common gearbox. The
engines ****ed to the
Convair CV-240-21
Turboliner were
rated to 2,750 shp (2,050 kW) equivalent. In 1951, the
United States...
-
members on board. On
August 27, 1971, a
Chicago &
Southern Airlines Volpar Turboliner (Beechcraft
Model 18) with 2
occupants on
board suffered a loss of power...
- high-roofed
model with a
bonded and
riveted fibregl****
extension called the
Turboliner was also sold,
beginning in 1986. In 1990 the R-series
received a facelift...
