Date: 16/12/2011

Thirty years after the world^s first tilting train carried passengers, engineers behind the project have said the idea that it was a failure still angers them. Developed and built in Derby in the 1970s, the Advanced Passenger Train (APT) started life as an experimental, high speed train capable of travelling up to 155 mph.
It was withdrawn from service only four days after its first public run because of problems with the tilt mechanism, and other factors.
[From Richard Buckby]

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Thirty years after the world's first tilting train carried passengers, engineers behind the project have said the idea that it was a failure still angers them.

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Location: Carstairs
Company: Caledonian Railway
22/04/1981 Peter Todd

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Location: Crewe Heritage Centre
Company: Crewe Heritage Trust
12/03/2011 John McIntyre

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//1980 Ian Dinmore

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