The Aerotrain was a streamlined trainset that the General Motors (GM) Electro-Motive Division (EMD) introduced in 1955. [1][2][3] GM originally designated the light-weight consist as Train-Y (Pullman-Standard 's Train-X project was already underway) before the company adopted the Aerotrain marketing name. [3]

The Aérotrain was an experimental Tracked Air Cushion Vehicle (TACV), or hovertrain, developed in France from 1965 to 1977 under the engineering leadership of Jean Bertin (1917–1975) – and intended to bring the French rail network to the cutting …

General Motors, using existing technology from its many divisions, developed the Aerotrain. With coaches fashioned from bus bodies and appliances by Frigidaire, the Aerotrain was designed to travel at speeds in excess of 100 mph.

2023年10月3日 · Lightweight and capable of 100 mph, the Aerotrain was designed to woo passengers with contemporary styling based on current automobiles. The 40-foot-long coaches, each riding on only two axles and weighing 16 tons, …

On January 5, 1956, one Aerotrain made a test run from Washington to Newark on the Pennsylvania; while the other dashed from Chicago to Detroit on the New York Central in four hours–more than an hour faster than Amtrak’s fastest train on that route today.

2020年5月19日 · In the early 1960s, Bertin proposed the “Aerotrain”—a railway that ran on a cushion of air at very high speeds over a concrete monorail, like an “imprisoned airplane, flying without wings tight to the ground.”

2020年9月24日 · What made the Aerotrain different? It was a concept that started in the clouds rather than on the ground. One day Bertin was talking to colleague Louis Duthion about soundproofing an engine.

Aerotrain may refer to: Aérotrain, a hovercraft train developed in France; AeroTrain, an tiltrotor aircraft proposed by Karem Aircraft; Aerotrain (GM), a passenger train built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division; AeroTrain (Washington Dulles International Airport), an automated people mover at Washington Dulles International Airport

Although it never went beyond a prototype, Jean Bertin considered the patent for his vehicle to be the birth of the Aérotrain. The designer thought that his technology had great potential, so he went on to try to develop a vehicle that would rely on a kind of "air cushion" and would be used to transport people.

2022年2月24日 · Weathered, graffitied – even demolished in parts – this incongruous landmark is a memorial to an abandoned dream. Had it come to fruition, France’s cities could have been …