Aerowagon
Sign in to saveThe Aerowagon or Aeromotowagon () was an experimental high-speed railcar fitted with an aircraft engine and propeller traction invented by Valerian Abakovsky, a Soviet engineer from Latvia. It produced speeds of up to . The Aerowagon was originally intended for the express transportation of important documents and to carry Soviet officials on government business.
Key facts
- Train.image
- Аэровагон Абаковского.jpg
- Train.imagealt
- Aerowagon
- Train.caption
- Abakovsky's Aerowagon (Front View)
- Train.manufacturer
- Valerian Ivanovich Abakovsky
- Train.factory
- Russian SFSR
- Train.yearconstruction
- 1917
- Train.yearscrapped
- 1921 (destroyed)
- Train.numberbuilt
- 1
- Train.engine
- Aircraft engine
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The Aerowagon or Aeromotowagon () was an experimental high-speed railcar fitted with an aircraft engine and propeller traction invented by Valerian Abakovsky, a Soviet engineer from Latvia. It produced speeds of up to . The Aerowagon was originally intended for the express transportation of important documents and to carry Soviet officials on government business.
== Crash incident ==
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