Not to be outdone, Soviet engineers retrofitted an ER22 electric train carriage with two AI-25 turbojet engines, borrowed from the Yak-40 passenger plane. The Speedy Wagon Laboratory was born.

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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 ...

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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.