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===UAC TurboTrain=== [[FILE:VIA TurboTrain 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|right|The [[UAC TurboTrain]] remained in service in Canada into the 1980s, in [[Via Rail]] livery]] The first tilting train to enter into regular service in North America was the [[UAC TurboTrain]], used by [[Canadian National]] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite book |title = TurboTrain: A Journey |last = Shron |first = Jason |publisher = Rapido Trains Inc. |year = 2008 |isbn = 978-0-9783611-0-5}}</ref> Some figures{{who|date=June 2024}} have considered it to be the first tilting train in service in the world.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} It provided daily service between [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]] at speeds of {{Cvt|160|km/h}}, until it was replaced by [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]] [[LRC (train)|LRC]] trains in 1982, reaching the maximum speed of {{Cvt|225|km/h}} during Canadian trials.<ref>{{cite web |first = Jerry |last = Langton |url = https://www.thestar.com/business/smallbusiness/article/549947 |title = Model-train manufacturer on the right track |website = thestar.com |date = 8 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bateman |first1=Chris |title=Remembering the ill-fated CN Turbo train |journal=Spacing Magazine |date=9 December 2015 |url=http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/12/09/53711/ |access-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> TurboTrains were also operated by Amtrak between Boston and New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19770410&id=wjRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4555,2619267 |work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]] |date=10 April 1977 |title=Amtrak peddling its headaches}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.unlikelypcrr.com/page3/Welcome_files/PC_POST_1970-05.pdf |title=Turbo train's first birthday |journal=Penn Central Post |date=May 1970 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006090521/http://www.unlikelypcrr.com/page3/Welcome_files/PC_POST_1970-05.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}</ref> The UAC Turbos had a passive tilt mechanism based on a four-bar arrangement, and they inspired the second generation of [[TALGO]] trains.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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