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NBC's r less tl By Glenn Rawls Gamecock Staff Writer 1 NBC's Supertrain series debuted Wednesday night, with less than |^nlftimr rortiUc nV*#\? * I 1 vivt^i i vouiio. a lie oiivjvy , ait caujr t-. one million dollars over-budget, is ri about a huge atomic-powered IK coast-to-coast train and the ffi "comedy, mystery, romance and ^ suspense" the passengers endure [ 7 on each run. kg The two-hour debut was at least ? half an hour too long for most tastes ; indeed, a solid hour episode would have been enough. But the an pilot episode shuffled helplessly shi thrrmoh tho r>r\rr\ m oroi a 1 Kraalrc f v... ^v.^.1 V?IV WIIIIIIVIVIUI ui IU1 and therein was lost the "mystery , and suspense" it may have con- s ' tained. There was no comedy apparent. en Edward Andrews is the con- be tinuing character of the series, the L; crusty old conductor of the as Supertrain, and he fares well tri enough in the pilot against a crusty 22 owner played rather blandly by fa Keenan Wynn. 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