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Word: aerotrain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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...AEROTRAIN will be delivered to the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads early next month. Both railroads will make exhibition runs of the low-slung, lightweight, 100-m.p.h. Aerotrains for three weeks, then return them to G.M. for tune-ups. On May 1 the 400-passenger, $600,000 trains will go into service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Dec. 26, 1955 | 12/26/1955 | See Source »

...water in the world's biggest dump truck (50 tons), and the public will tramp around a host of diesel-propelled attractions ranging from an 85-ton atomic cannon to a 63-ft. shrimp boat. The star of the show: G.M.'s new, 10-car, 400-passenger Aerotrain, which is twice as light and less than half as expensive as conventional passenger cars. To make the diesel debut complete, the company has built a grandstand where 7,000 spectators can watch an hour-long musical (title: "More Power to You"), featuring a top-hatted elephant in a test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Diesel Dazzle | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

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