Bombardier JetTrain 2002 Promotional Video

We knew about this video but when Bombardier shut down their JetTrain websites, this promotional video also disappeared until now!
Unfortunately we do not have a quality master but who can complain when you have almost 4 minutes of lost JetTrain footage.
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[@jaworskij]

I have a short video clip of JetTrain running thru Winnipeg April 2003.

[@Highspeedrailcanada1]

+jaworskij thanks added it to our Jet Train Playlist!

[@NorthAtlanticRails]

One of the coolest concepts thrown to the side. Could have been a massive success and popular train but was thrown to the side.

[@trainrover]

although it amounted to nothing new, pal, for it was merely Round 2 of Turbotrain...you'd think the N American ambition would be maglev 💡

[@Highspeedrailcanada1]

should have been used Calgary-Edmonton Cooridor.

[@Slipperyquits]

Bombardier Transportation was sold to Alstom and it's operating under Alstom brand.

[@Perich29]

I wish the Jet train could be activated again, that Jet train would look good pulling 6 or 7 Siemens Venture car with the other Jet train on the other end.

[@laurentien00]

Too bad that they use airplane style seats. They should apply those nice seats with lomg forward going head rests so that the people can sleep without hurting their necks.

[@robmausser]

They should reinvestigate this idea with battery backup instead of a 2nd diesel HEP engine. Use the jet to charge the batteries at high speed and then run on battery power when moving slow/idle. A jet hybrid.

[@sek153]

is it possible gas turbine tech can be brought back as gas turbine-battery hybrid by having powerful electric motors to draw energy from battery while using a low power gas turbine just for the purpose of charging the batteries?

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

Why feed batteries when you can provide more power directly to the motors.

[@robmausser]

@@themanformerlyknownascomme777 because a jet engine cant run at a slow speed and needs to run at a high rpm all the time to be efficient or be shut off. So when the train is going slowly you are wasting energy from the jet engine.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

@rob mausser you literally acknowledge the 2nd Diesel engine, and that isn't a turbine. That engine is explicitly designed to be used at low speeds.

[@robmausser]

@@themanformerlyknownascomme777 I'm saying to use a battery instead of the diesel engine. Please read more carefully before commenting thank you. The battery would negate a need for a second engine, with the weight and complexity. The system would work like a hybrid car

[@richardblais5232]

if it's not electric, don't even bother me ...

[@tomelmore8431]

If it's not electric don't bother you? It's precisely the same electric wheel motors and systems employed by Northeast Corridor Acela trains. The electric motors are powered by a lightweight gas-turbine engine in the carbody spinning an alternator instead of from expensive overhead catenary. But, uh, you know - I won't, uh "bother you."

[@richardblais5232]

@@tomelmore8431 "lightweight" ... lol