The attached image has been making the rounds of the stupid-webs. The text from one version, from LinkedIn, reads as follows:
Soviet jet train built in the 70s The idea was simple. Install aircraft engines on a train car that can no longer be used in the air, but can still be used on the ground. According to the project, such engines should push the train car. To create an experimental jet train, engines used on the Yak-40 aircraft were chosen. It was decided to install them on a modified ER22 lead motor car with modified aerodynamics. In particular, fairings were made on the car body, under which the car wheels were removed. A car with a jet engine was created in one copy and for five years from 1971 to 1975 it was used for running tests on the railway line as part of the ER200 project. In 1972, the car reached a speed of 250 km/h on the Dnieper Railway, which became a record for Soviet railways. In 1975, after the release of the ER200, the need for a high-speed train with jet engines disappeared and the project was cancelled. My response: The text refers to the second image. The first is a bad rendition of New York Central’s mid-1960s M-497 “Black Beetle” experiment, using a modified Budd RDC-3 and General Electric J47-19 turbojets (surplus from a Corvair B-36). On July 23, 1966, the car reached a speed of 183.68 mph (295.6 km/h) on a test run between Butler, Indiana, and Stryker, Ohio. It did not have flames coming out the front of the jets. The stupid is strong out there. -- Karl
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