GM Aerotrain

[Jeremy]

It may be that a lot of people are already familiar with this, but I've just come across a reference to it for the first time in a feature in a (British) American car magazine. This is the 1956 Aerotrain, built by General Motors in an attempt to incorporate modern car technology into a train. Built very lightly out of aluminium, and with air suspension, it apparently generated a huge amount of interest when first launched but GM never sold any as the ride quality was incredibly poor and no-one wanted to travel on it.

The point of mentioning it here is that the carriages were apparently 'modifed 40-seat GM intercity bus bodies'. Exactly which model bus that would be I don't know, but maybe someone out there does.



Jeremy

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi Jermey,

I wonder if it's still around?

If so, it may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.....

Just going by the futureliner values..Lol

Nick-

[DrivingMissLazy]

One of many Google links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotrain_(GM)

Two units built and now in museums in Wisconsin and St . Louis.

Richard

Hi Jermey,

I wonder if it's still around?

If so, it may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.....

Just going by the futureliner values..Lol

Nick-

[RJ]

The point of mentioning it here is that the carriages were apparently 'modifed 40-seat GM intercity bus bodies'. Exactly which model bus that would be I don't know, but maybe someone out there does.

Based on the time period, the carriages were modified PD4104 shells.

FWIW & HTH. . .

[tekebird]

That is correct they were basically 4104 chassis, including using identical widows and window post panels

[pete81eaglefanasty]

 They were sold and were runing on the chicago Rock Island Railroad for about 15 years. I know i work on then, And there was another one called the Jet train.

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