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LRC
Model:
MLW LRC
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
nil
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Frame Number:
Built:
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1974, portotype
Other locos with this serial:
LRC PROTOTYPE(LRC)
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Title:
MLW LRC Demonstrator Set
Description:
Photo Date:
1/1/1972
Upload Date:
5/9/2024 7:44:13 PM
Location:
Unknown, QC
Author:
Unknown
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Locomotives:
LRC PROTOTYPE(LRC)
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Title:
LRC Prototype - UPI Press Release
Description:
This is a fascinating look at the development of high-speed passenger train history. This is the original UPI press photo and releaser used in newspapers about the Canadian prototype high-speed train, "LRC". The press release states "1-/2/1974-Chicago: A prototype Canadaina Passenger train, built to compete with the French Turbotrain in the high-speed rail passenger market passed throough Chicago 10/1 on its way to the Pueblo, Colo. testing area. The main feature of the LRC - "light=weight, rapid, comfortable" - is is suspension system which allows it to round curves 35-40% faster than conventional trains. The LRC coach is of aluminum and is 50,000 pounds lighter than a standard 85-foot coach. The train is the product of a consotium of Alcan Canada Products, Dominion Foundries and Stee, and MLW industries. (UPI) js/hdo." Interesting side note - Bombadier purchased MLW in 1975 to get control of this model.
Photo Date:
10/2/1974
Upload Date:
3/3/2024 7:40:51 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:
LRC PROTOTYPE(LRC)
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126
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