# Turbine cars

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/turbine-cars/10933>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turbine-cars/10933 "2008-02-20T19:43:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turbine-cars/10933/41 "2008-02-24T00:45:00Z")

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Thanks for the correction! I was not thinking back that far. The burning diesel fuel aggrevated the Hindenburg fire, but high octane gasoline would have made it a true inferno!

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/turbine-cars/10933/42 "2008-02-26T02:25:31Z")

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The train does not get a 100 miles per gallon. It uses something like a gallon or two for every ton of freight per 100 miles. It accomplishes that by economy of scale, 50mph speeds, 0-50 in twenty minutes or so and pretty much constant speeds.

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