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What is a turbotrain?
What is a gas turbine?
Basics
Arrangement
Merit demerit
Torque details
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More power!
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More speed!
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Miracle in non-electrified line
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Oil crisis
Turbo train in Japan
Background for the birth
Kiha07
Kiha391
Performance
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Revealed problems
Gas turbine advancement
Facts M1 Abrams revealed
Second generation of turbines
Challenge to diesels
Trends of turbo trains
RTL3
JetTrain
ALPS project
CINGL
Low emission locomotive
Simulation
Performance of turbo train
Is M1 power pack available?
Effects of 4 speed transmission
JetTrain simulation
JetTrain 300 km/h operation
EMU versus Turbo train
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Kiha 391 speed up and axle weight measurement test
These tests were performed on Sanin, Hakubi and Sanyo line.
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