10th of August 1975 saw the Advanced Passenger Train (APT Tilt Train) hit a railway speed record of 152.3 miles per hour. A preserved static display of the APT can be seen at the Crewe Heritage Centre. This video was filmed in 2024. | Schony747 Youtube & DVD

Inside the cab of an APT-P train. This was a prototype high speed tilting train. The APT-P was unveiled to the public on 7 June 1978 and continued to be used for testing into 1986. Due to ongoing technical problems with these pre-production units, and a lack of cash or political will to take the project forward, the planned APT-S (Advanced Passenger Train Squadron Service) production-series units were never built, but did influence the design of the later InterCity 225 sets designed for the East

⚡🚄 In the 1970s, British Rail dared to dream of the future with the APT-E (Advanced Passenger Train – Experimental). Built in 1972, it was a bold prototype powered by gas turbines and packed with cutting-edge tilting technology — designed to make trains faster and smoother on Britain’s curving tracks. Although short-lived, the APT-E paved the way for modern high-speed trains like the Pendolino. Today, the only surviving APT-E is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York, a reminder of Br

⚡🚄 In the 1970s, British Rail dared to dream of the future with the APT-E (Advanced Passenger Train – Experimental). Built in 1972, it was a bold prototype powered by gas turbines and packed with cutting-edge tilting technology — designed to make trains faster and smoother on Britain’s curving tracks. Although short-lived, the APT-E paved the way for modern high-speed trains like the Pendolino. Today, the only surviving APT-E is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York, a reminder of Br