Why Did America’s Fastest Train Have Jet Engines? The 183 MPH Experiment

---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__ 🔔if you like the content subscribe to the channel and activate the bell 🔔 Today, when we think of high-speed trains, we almost immediately recall the iconic Japanese maglev trains or European high-speed trains. However, this concept as such had some fleeting appearances within the history of the United States railroad industry. Motivated to achieve very high-speed trains operating over existing railroad tracks, the New York Central Railroad was the driver of one of the most extravagant yet unique ideas in the world: they created a self-propelled railcar powered by turbojet engines from a military bomber. Although their intention was mostly investigative, and in its results this was proven by its lack of practicality, what resulted from these experiments was more than a fun anecdote; it was a clear demonstration of how far ingenuity, and a few thousand dollars, can go to prove a single idea. The content of our videos is for entertainment and the information contained is for you to know what is happening on the screen and has some educational value. ---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__---__ Email: [email protected]