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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, 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 numberBuilt "1".
- 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 wikiPageLength "6510".
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageOutDegree "37".
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageRevisionID "682905743".
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink ASLEF.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Advanced_Passenger_Train.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Associated_Society_of_Locomotive_Engineers_and_Firemen.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink British_Film_Institute.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Class_370.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Research_Division.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink British_Transport_Films.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:Abandoned_trains_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Rail_Departmental_Units.
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- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Rail_research_and_development.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Railways_gas_turbine_locomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:Experimental_and_prototype_high-speed_trains.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:Experimental_locomotives.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Category:High-speed_trains_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink DVD.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Gas_turbine-electric_locomotive.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Gas_turbine_train.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Great_Western_Main_Line.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Hydrokinetic_brake.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink 350_gas_turbine.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink London_St._Pancras.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Midland_Main_Line.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Multiple_unit.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink National_Railway_Museum.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink National_Railway_Museum_Shildon.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Old_Dalby_Test_Track.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Railway_electrification_in_Great_Britain.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Shildon.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Shildon_Locomotion_Museum.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink St_Pancras_railway_station.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Tilting_train.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Water_brake.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink Western_Region_of_British_Railways.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink York.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLink File:Apt-front.jpg.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLinkText "APT-E".
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageWikiLinkText "British Rail APT-E".
- British_Rail_APT-E yearOfConstruction "1970".
- British_Rail_APT-E brakes Hydrokinetic_brake.
- British_Rail_APT-E brakes Water_brake.
- 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".
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- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Network_Rail_Departmental_Multiple_Unit_Classes.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- British_Rail_APT-E wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- 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 subject Category:High-speed_trains_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail_APT-E hypernym Train.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Locomotive.
- British_Rail_APT-E type MeanOfTransportation.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Train.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Locomotive.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Train.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Unit.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Vehicle.
- British_Rail_APT-E type DesignedArtifact.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Thing.
- British_Rail_APT-E type Q870.
- 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).".