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In the time between steam and Deisel / Electric power, a couple of train locomotives tried propulsion sources from aircraft, be that propellers or jets in an attempt to make faster more powerful trains with varying degrees of success but ultimately they were shunted into the sidings of the history books. This is a look at Aerotrains and why they didn't take off.

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