Turbojet car from the Soviet Union and the United States

In 1970 Kalinin Carriage Works finished car manufacturer, called DES (high-speed car-laboratory). Body of high-speed train is a body of the engine head car ER22, who delivered the head and tail fairings and undercar equipment and undercarriage covered on both sides with removable bulwarks. As a result, the driver looks at the way through the two windows: the cab and cowl. DES was originally painted in the colors of ER22: creamy-yellow top - red bottom. On the roof of the car in the head part of a special pylon has two aircraft turbojet engine Yak-40, which provide the necessary thrust to move the car. In the cab mounted remote control aircraft engines, as well as conventional devices brake control and sandpit.





On the territory of KHP. © TVZ 1970


Cab ER22.


The remains of the territory of KHP. 1985


The remains of the territory TIZ. Doroshiha 1993 © Yuri Akimov.


The remains of the territory TIZ. Doroshiha 1993 © Yuri Akimov.


Before the start.


"This train is racing jet ...», © «Technology towards the youth", 1971


On tests. © «Technology towards the youth", 1971


In the depot. © «Technology towards the youth", 1971


The initial draft of DES based on ER-1.


A 4 year earlier, in 1966, the railroad built a New York Central train experienced jet-based railcar Budd RDC. Wagon, designated M-497, received two engines from General Electric J-47 aircraft and the front fairing.








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