(C&O) UAC TURBO-TRAIN (UNITED AIRCRAFT), ART BY ANDY ROMANO, R20-483

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United Aircraft (C&O Design) Turbo-Train,
Original
First Edition
24x17"
Watercolour Giclee
Please read item description
all the way
through:
•
Original Edition art print, not a reprint or photograph
• Museum quality 24x17" hand-cut cold press watercolour paper
(textured matte-finish acid-free)
• Large image 20 x 13” with wide white margins for matte and framing
(matte and frame not included)
• Not typical glossy mass-produced commercial poster/prints
• No more than 12 prints in First Edition of this subject
• Each print individually produced, using highest quality dyes for longevity
• Hand-signed, and shipped direct to you by the artist
• Color may be less vivid and softer than this illuminated screen image
• Only one print of this subject available on Ebay at this time
UAC’s TurboTrain was an early high-speed, gas turbine train designed
by the Chesapeake & Ohio in the 1950s. It was manufactured by United
Aircraft and operated in Canada between 1968 and 1982 and in the US
between 1968 and 1976. C&O’s design incorporated the then-new Talgo
truck/suspension system and featured one of the first
tilting
suspension
system trains in North America.
United Aircraft (UAC) purchased the C&O patents. Their modified design
was similar to the original C&O version, but used turbine power instead of
Diesel. Engines were a version of Pratt & Whitney’s PT6 known as ST6,
downrated from 600 to 300 hp. The new design did not require a trans-
mission and was able to directly power the drivers.
The Turbo's final run was on October 31, 1982. Though they had an early
reputation for unreliability, according to CN's records rebuilt TurboTrains
had an excellent availability rate of over 97% over their careers.
Andy considers the unique clam-shell nose, and aircraft-like design one
of the most outstanding streamlined train designs of all time. Sadly none
of the UAC TurboTrains were preserved.
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captures the
real feel
of U.S.
railroading, past and present. Each subject is carefully chosen, researched for
accuracy, then faithfully and artfully produced for fellow railfans.
Generous mar-
gins are left for matting (framing under glass recommended). The
©
text does
not
appear on the art. Ebay displays items on black backgrounds; Andy’s prints
have
white
margins.
Color will be less vivid than this illuminated screen image.
Prints ship
rolled with glassine slip-sheet, in clean heavy white shipping tube
.
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Andy Romano
has won just about every creative award in the advertising field,
holds a Master’s Degree in Art; Life Member of The Art Directors Club of NY
.
Proud graduate of The Newark School
of Fine and Industrial Arts.
Private student and
friend of the late Anthony Triano who was Artist-in-Residence at Seton Hall Univ.
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