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   Adam H. Kerman to Robert Heller   
   Re: Atomic powered trains   
   12 Apr 14 13:05:58   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Robert Heller  wrote:   
   >At Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:39:50 -0700 (PDT) hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >>In the 1950s there were proposals to power a train via a nuclear reactor.   
      
   >>The Harlem Line blog reports on this.   
      
   >>http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2014/04/11/jets-and-atoms-po   
   ering-bizarre-trains/   
      
   >There was a *silly* movie (a sort of distaster spoof) involving an Atomic   
   >powered *bus*: "The Big Bus"    
      
   It's loads of fun, and beat the Airplane! disaster spoofs by a couple of   
   years.   
      
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