The Rio Grande Southern railroad had a huge hand in supplying Uranium, Radium, and Vanadium for a long time... and part of the reason it survived late was the fact that it got purchased to haul Uranium that would be a part of the Manhattan Project. Would it go into bombs? Did 20 haul any of it? Probably?
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