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The Train Man

by | Mar 1, 2007 | Western Movies

Jim Clark is Hollywood's go-to man when it comes to trains.
The producers of the movie Wild, Wild West were looking for some trains. Not just any trains.  One had to look like a post-Civil War locomotive hauling a special car for special agents Jim West and Artemus Gordon (hoo-rah!). The other engine—manipulated by the evil genius Dr. Arliss Loveless (hssssss!)—needed to somewhat resemble a huge combat tank. But produc


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