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Underwater trains What would be the best way to get a train running underwater?
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Categories: Transport.

Jon-Richfield says:

You mean apart from tunnels? Why would you want to?

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posted on 2010-11-15 16:32:45 | Report abuse

Reply	petethebloke says: >Why would you want to?< Fear of flying? Fear of flying combined with sea-sickness? Actually, there are possibilities here. Trains are the most efficient way of carrying freight, aren't they? So why not a floating railway across the Atlantic? (1 vote) average rating:5 Tags: trains, Underwater.
	posted on 2010-11-15 16:56:07 \| Report abuse Jon-Richfield says: Floating underewater??? ... petethebloke says: I should have been clearer Jon...

Reply	Paul_Pedant says: I tried to take out patents for this years ago, but the Patent Office told me they were not watertight. See also: Tay Bridge Disaster. (no votes) Tags: trains, Underwater.
	posted on 2010-11-16 17:45:14 \| Report abuse

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