This one train which is not going to see very often. This is an experimental train with rockets made in New York Central Railroad corporation, I suppose for speeding up. What do you think, how fast this M-497, nicknamed “Black Beetle“, train was?






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rocket trainnnnnnnnn!!!!
James bond reject?
neat. good commuter train for those who are always late. just might get you there in time!!
Those aren’t rocket engines, they are General Electric J47 turbojets. The pod on the top of the locomotive is clearly from the Convair B-36 strategic bomber.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-36#Specifications_.28B-36J-III.29)
http://www.midwesthsr.org/pdfs/M-497online.pdf