PetalumaLoco
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Take note of the last paragraph.
Interesting promotion of atom powered trains
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George Harris
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This ad was run in the 1950's.
jis
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NJT electric trains are already about 40% or so atom powered 
Dang! Whoever conceived and drew that thing didn't grasp that streamlining means having as little extraneous crap jutting out of the train as reasonably possible, not intentionally adding doo-dads.
The designers of the 1930s and '40s, who brought us the original streamliners and sleek diesel engines for passenger trains, would have been spinning in their graves, even if they weren't dead yet. :lol:
It also looks damned top-heavy, the rail equivalent of a woman with measurements 40-24-22. I wouldn't want to be on board that thing on a curve at any speed over 20mph.
The designers of the 1930s and '40s, who brought us the original streamliners and sleek diesel engines for passenger trains, would have been spinning in their graves, even if they weren't dead yet. :lol:
It also looks damned top-heavy, the rail equivalent of a woman with measurements 40-24-22. I wouldn't want to be on board that thing on a curve at any speed over 20mph.
PetalumaLoco
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Bet those 2 appendages at the top are cameras, the crew wouldn't want to be anywhere near the reactor!
Ispolkom
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Heck no, they're atomic-powered rockets!
