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TGV 001
TGV 001 ("Train à Grande Vitesse 001" ) was a high-speed railway train built in France. It was the first TGV prototype and was commissioned in 1969, to begin testing in 1972. The TGV 001 was an experimental gas turbine-electric locomotive-powered trainset built by Alstom to break speed records between .
The experimental train was part of a vast research program on high rail speeds. This program covered all technical aspects, principally traction, the behaviour of the vehicles, braking
2008 were converted to DMU by substitution of diesel instead of turbines.
TGV 001 Experimental High-Speed Train.
This experimental Turbotrain TGV 001 set the world speed record for gas turbine-powered rail vehicles with on 8 December 1972.
This TGV 001 was a five-car trainset which possessed four gas-turbine engines with a total output of 6,500 hp and all axles motored. This train was extensively tested over more than 34,000 miles running at over , of which almost half were covered at more than and