Turbo Train Being Built Montreal Locomotive Works 1966-67 - Canada's first and only high speed train.

Lorne Perry Collection - Turbo Train You have waited long enough! Visit our Turbo Train page and click on the Lorne Perry Collection to see these rare professionally shot photos. While you are on the page check out the world's largest collection of video and audio of the Turbo Train. For people wanting to bring back the Turbo Train, no problem, the original Equipment Diagrams are included on the Turbo Page also. http://www.highspeedrailcanada.com/p/uac-cn-turbo-train-archives.html

Adding the new paint scheme to the Turbo Train! We are excited to announce that we have found 28 professionally taken slides of the CN/VIA Turbo Train. That was Canada's only high speed train that ran from 1968-1982. These slides are from the Lorne Perry collection and feature photos from different periods of the Turbo. There are also some rare photos taken inside the train. Check back on our website on May 3rd and you will have access to view them all.

Turbo Train photo by John Stewart For subscribers of our newsletters you already had access to this short video clip of the legendary CN Turbo train. We have added it to our Turbo Train Playlist on our YouTube Channel  .It is getting harder to find any Turbo train quality footage from when Canada's only high speed train ran between Ontario and Quebec. Here is the complete  Playlist of the Turbo Train videos on our Channel. 1967 - Rare Early film - features slides, footage, turbo train  model - 1:35min 1970 - Professional Shot Turbo Train Film - 23min.- Shot professionally for CN Date unknown - 3:59 - Turbo Train - The Lost Film - 5min. Shot professionally for CN 1968 - Passenger Train - CN Turbo Train and Rapido Trains -4min 47 sec.- Super rare silent film shows not on the Turbo but also the Rapido trains with great onboard footage. 1968 - UAC CN Turbo Train film - 1min. 16 sec. - 1968 professionally shot by Pathe Films England 1968 - Turbo Tra...

We wanted to let you know that when our free e-newsletter comes out tomorrow it will include a link to a rare Turbo Train 1 minute b/w silent video. So if you are interested in viewing the video, please sign up for our e-newsletter on the front page of our blog. We only ask for your name and email. Here is the direct link to our sign up page. Turbo Train Video Clip Link Included in Our E-Newsletter

October 31st, 1982 Turbo Train It pays to start cleaning out your storage areas. John Stewart had lent me his slides of the Turbo Train. The slides were take on October 31st, 1982. It was the last run of the Turbo from Toronto to Montreal. I had recently been going through my collections and found these slides again. Although not always the best quality photos they certainly are the rarest photos of  CN/VIA/ Turbo Train In 7 days on October 31st, we will post a link to them on our website. It will be exactly 34 years since since Canada ’ s only high speed train operated. For now you can look through our world ’ s largest collection of Turbo Train by clicking HERE .

 High Speed Rail Canada has loaded over 6 minutes of footage of the CN Turbo train from 1968 on their Youtube Channel. WireService.ca Press Release (10/30/2015) - High Speed Rail Canada is Canada's only advocacy groups dedicated to promoting the modernization of passenger rail in Canada. High Speed Rail Canada's mandate is to educate people on the benefits of modern passenger rail. They do it through their website http://www.highspeedrailcanada.com , Youtube channel, Facebook, Twitter ;@HSRCanada and public educational sessions. The Turbo train ran in Canada’s from 1968-1982. It holds the record in Canada for the fastest train with 226 km/h. That record was set in 1976. High Speed Rail Canada has obtained 6 minutes of silent 1968 footage of the Turbo train with excellent interior and exterior footage of the train.. Paul Langan, Founder of High Speed Rail Canada states," Anytime we find footage of the Turbo Train we are excited. Even though this footage is silent, h...

I love this interview. It is short but captures the essence of  being a passenger in 1977 on the Turbo and comparing it to the cost/convenience to travelling by plane. FROM CBC ARCHIVES  February 28th, 1977, Federal Transport Minister Otto Lang announces the creation of a new Crown corporation that will take over all passenger rail services in Canada. It is called VIA Rail Canada. Until this time, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways both operated a mix of profitable freight services and debt-ridden passenger services. CBC Radio reporter Bob Johnstone, on board the Turbo train between Toronto and Montreal, asks his fellow passengers why they prefer traveling by rail. http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1977-via-rail-canada-is-born

It is no secret that High Speed Rail Canada loves reminding Canadians we had faster trains in this country 35 years ago then we do now. That trains was the CN UAC Turbo train. Check out our Turbo page for all the photos, videos and documents related to the Turbo. One thing we didn't have was the TURBO LUNCH BOX! Now we do. We got this piece of history from London, Ontario. Enjoy.

Why in Canada do we live in a cultural abyss when it comes to having a modern passenger rail service? I was trying to remember when I last had hope that Canada would modernize its passenger rail service and join the rest of the world. In 2000, I was excited when VIA Rail purchased 139 of the Alstom-built Nightstar passenger rail cars.1 These were originally built for an overnight train service between the UK and the mainland. Pro-rail federal Transport Minister David Collenette announced the “Renaissance (the new name for Nightstar equipment) of Passenger Rail in Canada,” which represented a $402 million influx of money for VIA. In my community it meant the addition of a second morning train into Toronto and the refurbishment of the historic railway station in Kitchener. Around 2002 VIA also announced it was purchasing a new General Electric Locomotive for its fleet. I went to the press conference in Toronto that was promoting the new locomotives. Sadly, the Renaissance funding...

http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=11234 High Speed Rail Canada is releasing to the public for free the Canadian National Railways 1966 press releases and background material relating to the introduction of the Canadian National/United Aircraft high speed Turbotrain. Media Release - November 19th, 2013 - High Speed Rail Canada is a national non profit organization dedicated to educating Canadians on the benefits of modern passenger rail in Canada. They do it through their blog, youtube video channel, Facebook site and public symposiums. High Speed Rail Canada has the largest audio and video collection of the United Aircraft and Canadian National Turbotrain. This train ran from 1968 through to 1982. It was Canada's high speed train with speeds over 200km/h. These 1966 CN and UAC Press Releases and background material, including diagrams and models of the Turbotrain, are being made available for the first time in over four decades. Paul La...

During these dark days of the Harper government VIA Rail cuts, enjoy this fantastic photo of Lorne Perry's High speed rail certificate from riding the Turbo during its record breaking run in Canada in 1976