In the early days of the 1980s the TGV sets were orange. Here one is next to a second generation Turbotrain - the RTG (Rame à Turbine à Gaz) - with hydraulic transmission. These latter trains had five carriages with 280 seats and 41 were introduced between 1972 and 1976. They were equipped with two 820 kW gas turbines and had a top speed of 160 km/h (100 mph). The RTGs entered service in 1973 on the Strasbourg-Lyon and Lyon-Nantes lines; subsequently on the Paris-Caen-Cherbourg and Paris-Deauville-Dives-Cabourg lines in 1975. Six RTG sets were built for Amtrak and ran as Turboliners.
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