Back to the future: Haunting images of abandoned Soviet TURBOJET train almost 50 years old TURBOJET RAILCAR: It was once a futuristic transport device and now it’s an abandoned, eerie sight.

The train reportedly fared well in tests, reaching speeds of up to 200mph, and was put on the tracks for a few years. But as the Soviet Union began to crumble, the plans for a turbo train were put ...

Its nose juts upward, sleek as a fighter jet. Twin aircraft engines crown its roof like wings clipped before takeoff. This wacky Frankestein train is known as the Soviet turbojet train — a ...

Like the US model, a passenger train had engines from a Russian jet, the Yakovlev Yak-40, simply attached to the top. The SVL was a little slower than the M-947, reaching 160 miles per hour.

They added two turbojet engines on the front as well: two turbojets from a Yakovlev YAK-40. Their first test was in 1971 on the line joining Golutvin with Ozery.