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30th August 2013 #1
581 km/h: Japan tests world's fastest train
Japan is resuming trial runs for the world's fastest magnetic-levitation train that will complement the Shinkansen bullet-train network when ready in 2027.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...#ixzz2dSDyedtZ
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31st August 2013 #2
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I would love to have been involved in that project.
I did have involvement on Mag-Lev systems during the early days but it's not really Railway Engineering as I know it.
My qualification and experience relates to the systems around steel wheel on steel rail.
There'll still be plenty of that traditional business for many decades to come
Still miss the excitment of working on such projects.
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31st August 2013 #3
i read something in the metro about a train using magnets from nearly 200yrs ago
found it , look at this peter
http://www.cosmonline.co.uk/supersonic-vacuum-train
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1st September 2013 #4
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I like that, great picture. Makes a nice poster
Here's another:-
Vacuum Tube Train A 4,000-mph magnetically levitated train could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour time difference. It’s not impossible: Norway has studied neutrally buoyant tunnels (concluding that they’re feasible, though expensive), and Shanghai is running maglev trains to its airport. But supersonic speeds require another critical step: eliminating the air—and therefore air friction—from the train’s path
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