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Train built in 1966 using two jet engines is still the fastest locomotive in America
Train built in 1966 using two jet engines is still the fastest locomotive in America | Daily Mail Online

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Don Wetzel, an engineer for the New York Central Railroad, was given the task in the mid-1960s of trying to make trains safer, less expensive and faster.

His solution: strap two jet engines to the roof of a locomotive and see what happens.

What happened was Wetzel created the first jet-powered train that even to this day is the fastest locomotive in America.
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