Aerotrain (GM)

This article is about the General Motors railroad train. For other uses, see Aerotrain (disambiguation).

An Aerotrain operating in suburban service in April 1965 as Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad No. 2 at Chicago's Englewood station.

The Aerotrain was a streamlined trainset that the General Motors (GM) Electro-Motive Division (EMD) introduced in 1955.[1][2][3] GM originally designated the light-weight consist as Train-Y (Pullman-Standard's Train-X project was already underway) before the company adopted the Aerotrain marketing name.[3]

  1. ^ "Press Release: New Passenger Train: Expected To Revolutionize Railroading". Automotive Hollywood: The Battle for Body Beautiful. carofthecentury.com. June 13, 1955. Archived from the original on July 28, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Here Comes Tomorrow --- Fast". Advertisement by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. Saturday Evening Post. December 10, 1955. p. 89. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "GM's "Aerotrain": History And Operation". American-Rails.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020..