In 1979, NBC President Fred Silverman, trying to save the last-place network, fast-tracked a drama called “Supertrain.” It combined railroads, disco and murder, and if you think it sounds terrible, ...

Cameron is a writer, artist, and journalist working from Ohio. Click here for more work! The first sign of trouble aboard Supertrain comes not even a minute into its pilot. Sidestepping the usual fare ...

We posted about the Superbus earlier today, and while poking around for more info, we discovered that back in 1979, NBC had Supertrain, which is just a whole new level of craziness. Imagine a giant ...

In honour of the death of the great crime-fiction writer Donald E. Westlake , here’s one of his least-prestigious but most-infamous credits: Supertrain, the 1979 bomb that almost bankrupted NBC. As ...

If you think today’s television series are both brain-dead and stupendously high concept, then you haven’t seen Supertrain. A weekly show about a nuclear-powered high-tech train zooming across the ...

Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.

Zooming from one end of America to another, "Supertrain" is a vision of railroading of the future. The super-train, equipped with restaurants, pools, spas, theaters, etc., delivers passengers to ...