Inside graveyard of rusting Soviet

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Soviet engineers' visions of a futuristic turbo train which could hit lightning speeds now sits rotting in a factory yard.

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The 50 ton jet-powered train could reportedly hit speeds of around 180mph along the tracks.

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And it's thought - with the right track beneath it - the 28 metre train car could have exceeded 220mph.

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But now, ruins of the futuristic locomotive sit slowly disintegrating in a factory yard in Kalininsky, St Petersburg.

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The experimental train was built in the 1970s by researchers at Kalinin Carriage Works.

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Designers took a standard train car and attached to the roof a pair of engines from a Yak-40 passenger plane.

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But as the Communist block slowly collapsed the ambitious plans were shelved. It started to rust away - taking with it Russia's dreams of a high speed jet powered rail network.

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