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- British_Rail_APT-E abstract "The APT-E, for Advanced Passenger Train Experimental, was the prototype Advanced Passenger Train tilting train unit. It was powered by gas turbines, the only multiple unit so powered that was used by British Rail. The APT-E consisted of two driving power cars (PC1 and 2) and two trailer cars (TC1 and 2). Each power car was equipped with four Rover- built Leyland 2S/350 gas turbines (and a fifth for auxiliary power supplies), these initially produced 300 HP each but were progressively uprated to 330 HP. Two GEC 253AY nose suspended traction motors provided the traction on the leading bogies. The vehicles were manufactured from aluminium, approx 70 ft long (21 m) with articulated bogies between them.The APT-E made its first run on 25 July 1972 from Derby to Duffield and was immediately 'blacked' by the drivers' union ASLEF, due to concerns that the single driver's seat preempted ongoing negotiations about the single-manning of trains. It was over twelve months before it ran again on the main line in August 1973.The prototype was eventually tried out on the Great Western Main Line, nicknamed Brunel's billiard table, and achieved a new British railway speed record when on 10 August 1975 it hit 152.3 mph (245.1 km/h) whilst on test with the Western Region between Swindon and Reading. It was also tested extensively on the Midland Main Line out of London St. Pancras and on the Old Dalby Test Track, where in January 1976 it attained a speed of 143.6 mph (231.1 km/h).The unit was only intended for testing and was never used in ordinary public service, although it did carry office staff and the occasional dignitaries on trial runs. When its period of testing was complete, in June 1976, it was sent to the National Railway Museum, York for preservation. It is now based at the NRM's Locomotion museum in Shildon. When further APT Class 370 units were built, they were powered by 25 kV AC electrification.".
- British_Rail_APT-E manufacturer British_Rail_Research_Division.
- British_Rail_APT-E operator British_Rail.
- British_Rail_APT-E thumbnail ATP-E_IN_YARD.jpg?width=300.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageExternalLink www.apt-e.org.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageExternalLink www.departmentals.com.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageExternalLink www.locomotion.uk.com.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageExternalLink apt-e.htm.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageExternalLink locomotion.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageID "1278089".
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageRevisionID "604042893".
- British_Rail_APT-E yearOfConstruction "1970".
- British_Rail_APT-E brakes "Hydrokinetic".
- British_Rail_APT-E caption "APT-E in the RTC sidings between tests in the summer of 1972".
- British_Rail_APT-E engine "Gas Turbine".
- British_Rail_APT-E factory "Derby".
- British_Rail_APT-E family Advanced_Passenger_Train.
- British_Rail_APT-E fleetnumbers "PC1-2".
- British_Rail_APT-E fleetnumbers "TC1-2".
- British_Rail_APT-E formation "4".
- British_Rail_APT-E hasPhotoCollection British_Rail_APT-E.
- British_Rail_APT-E imagesize "300".
- British_Rail_APT-E manufacturer British_Rail_Research_Division.
- British_Rail_APT-E maxspeed "156.0".
- British_Rail_APT-E name "British Rail APT-E".
- British_Rail_APT-E numberbuilt "1".
- British_Rail_APT-E operator British_Rail.
- British_Rail_APT-E service "1972".
- British_Rail_APT-E yearconstruction "1970".
- British_Rail_APT-E yearservice "1972".
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:Abandoned_trains_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:British_Rail_Departmental_Units.
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:British_Rail_diesel_multiple_units.
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:British_Rail_research_and_development.
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:British_Railways_gas_turbine_locomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:Experimental_and_prototype_high-speed_trains.
- British_Rail_APT-E subject Category:Experimental_locomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Artifact100021939.
- British_Rail_APT-E type BritishRailwaysGasTurbineLocomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Container103094503.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Conveyance103100490.
- British_Rail_APT-E type ExperimentalLocomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E type GasTurbineLocomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Instrumentality103575240.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Locomotive103684823.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Object100002684.
- British_Rail_APT-E type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- British_Rail_APT-E type PublicTransport104019101.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Self-propelledVehicle104170037.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Train104468005.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Vehicle104524313.
- British_Rail_APT-E type WheeledVehicle104576211.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Whole100003553.
- British_Rail_APT-E type MeanOfTransportation.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Train.
- British_Rail_APT-E type DesignedArtifact.
- British_Rail_APT-E comment "The APT-E, for Advanced Passenger Train Experimental, was the prototype Advanced Passenger Train tilting train unit. It was powered by gas turbines, the only multiple unit so powered that was used by British Rail. The APT-E consisted of two driving power cars (PC1 and 2) and two trailer cars (TC1 and 2).".
- British_Rail_APT-E label "British Rail APT-E".
- British_Rail_APT-E label "イギリス国鉄APT-E".
- British_Rail_APT-E sameAs イギリス国鉄APT-E.
- British_Rail_APT-E sameAs m.04pkkx.
- British_Rail_APT-E sameAs Q3303968.
- British_Rail_APT-E sameAs Q3303968.
- British_Rail_APT-E sameAs British_Rail_APT-E.
- British_Rail_APT-E wasDerivedFrom British_Rail_APT-E?oldid=604042893.
- British_Rail_APT-E depiction ATP-E_IN_YARD.jpg.
- British_Rail_APT-E isPrimaryTopicOf British_Rail_APT-E.
- British_Rail_APT-E name "(Advanced Passenger Train–Experimental)".
- British_Rail_APT-E name "British Rail APT-E".