train.spottingworld.com
Advanced Passenger Train - Trains
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From TrainSpottingWorld, for Rail fans everywhere. The Advanced Passenger Train. Was an experimental tilting. Developed by British Rail. Which did not enter regular service. Demise of the APT. APT versus TGV and Shinkansen. Further uses of APT technology. In the mid 20th century. British Rail express services were being compared unfavourably, and perhaps unfairly, with France's TGV. Experience with High Speed Trains on the East Coast Main Line. From London to Glasgow. Developed an advanced active tilting...
old-dalby.com
E train
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Advanced Passenger Train - Experimental. The line was surveyed prior to closure with a view to it being used as a test bed for the new Advanced Passenger Train (Experimental) or APT-E. The original concept drawing of the Advanced Passenger Train. An early mock up. A later version model which was not unlike the final design. The front cover of the August 1971 Sunday Telegraph Magazine featured the above model of the proposed APT-E. For more pictures and information about POP train. In January 1976 it ran ...
nrmcurator.blogspot.com
A Curator's Life: January 2010
http://nrmcurator.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
National Railway Museum goings on and news from the Senior Curator of Rail Vehicle Collections. Wednesday, 27 January 2010. Steam Crane progress and hidden treasures. When I left Shildon last night, Richard and the team had managed to get the crankshaft and hoist drum back on the body of the crane - excellent progress and good to see it going back together. Pipework has been lagged and is going back on too. After a meeting with the APT-E support group today: http:/ www.apt-e.org/. Monday, 25 January 2010.
traintesting.com
APT Prototype
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As part of the development of the BR/Brecknell Willis high speed pantograph. The author was involved with pantograph testing on the ill-fated 25 kV electric Class 370 prototype version (APT-P) on the WCML in England and in Scotland. This built upon the successful development of the pantograph at Old Dalby. Here are some photographs of P-train in action and at rest! Click on the image for a bigger picture - all pictures are the author's unless otherwise credited. On June 7th 1978 the APT-P was unveiled to...
presnews.wordpress.com
Loco Groups & Societies | Preserved Diesels
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The home of preserved and working classic traction. Loco Groups & Societies. Loco Groups & Societies. Preserved Diesels - Loco Groups and Societies. 31108 31162 31271 31418. The AC Loco Group. 81002 82008 83012 85006. Bodmin and Wenford Diesel Group. 33110 37142 47306 50042. Class 104 DMU’s. Brush Type 4 Fund. Locos based on the East Lancs. Caledonian Railway Diesel Group. 25072 25083 26014 26035 27024 37097. The Class 15 Preservation Society. Class 33/1 Preservation Co Ltd. Class 33/1 Preservation Co Ltd.
apt-p.com
APT Links
http://www.apt-p.com/links.htm
See Paul's Railway Web Pages. For information about the Experimental Advanced Passenger Train ( APT-E. Including how to join the APT-E Conservation and Support Group at Locomotion the NRM at Shildon. Dave Coxon's Train Testing. Web site includes both APT-E and APT-P tests. Memories of working on APT-E and APT-P. Join the Advanced Passenger Train Yahoo! For discussion on all aspects of APT. If you know about any more websites featuring the Advanced Passenger Train -. Please let me know. By R G Latham.
en.wikipedia.org
Advanced Passenger Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. APT-E in the RTC sidings between tests in the summer of 1972. And British Rail Research Division. 14 cars per trainset (APT-P). 4 cars per trainset (APT-E). West Coast Main Line. 155 mph (249 km/h) (Design). 125 mph (201 km/h) (service). The Advanced Passenger Train. Developed by British Rail. During the 1970s and early 1980s, for use on the West Coast Main Line. At 162.2 miles per hour (261.0 km/h) in December 1979, a record that stood for 23 years. When every prob...
