CN Turbo Train - "3:59" - The Lost Film

We at High Speed Rail Canada pride ourselves in having the largest audio and video relating to Canada's only high speed train the CN Turbo Train. What a shocker when we found out about this rare gem shot professionally by CN and shown by CN Communications people at meetings and events in Ontario and Quebec in the late 1960s and early 70s. The title refers to the time it took on the schedule to go from Montreal to Toronto. Present VIA trains still cant match it.

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[DEVILTAZ35]

thanks for posting this. This train was amazing and it is ashame it was not developed further.

[DEVILTAZ35]

Did anyone notice how they look alot like the designs of vehicles in the game Fallout 3?

[chilly chase]

This video is awesome.

[chilly chase]

Those turbo's was hot shame they did not kept it around noticed what he said perfect performance.not everybody can that about a train.we had them in the US we never even saw the type of service that you guys had.smh,we had them in Amtrak,and new haven and never seen those many cars.another in the us we never hostess serving us,LOL

[Keith Daniel]

Thanks! My dad worked for CN, had a yellow ticket, spent a whole summer going back and forth on the Turbo.

[Bill Wheaton]

Yes. England, at least, that I know of. And Australia. My dad brought me back a little kangaroo stuffed animal from there. 1968 I think it was. I got to see all of the HO scale models they used for testing and demos. They were in one of those aluminum cases. I was NOT allowed to touch though. For good reason - a week before I tore apart a replacement washing machine timer to see how it worked. It was the closest I ever saw him come to cursing :)

[Bill Wheaton]

Thank you thank you thank you. This means a lot to me.

[lukebccb]

Was this train ever offered to the Europeans or the Japanese? If no, why not?

[DredWolfster]

What dramatic times of change the 1960s must have been. In the late 50s there were still steam trains and then within a decade to the late 60s it went all the way to CN Turbo Trains. When will North America finally return to the more urban centric way of living of what was once a vast continental rail network of varying rail transportation modes nearly back a century ago. Urban sprawl since the post war era has been a drain on our resources, its time to return to the transit village!

[louis capwell]

what a great piece! interesting what changed, both in message and presentation between this film and the longer one.