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| Reinventing the railroad | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 15 2017, 04:41 AM (79 Views) | |
| George K | Jun 15 2017, 04:41 AM Post #1 |
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https://www.wired.com/story/flight-rail-vectorr-atmospheric-railway-train Neat idea. You take the concept of the hyperloop, and use it to propel a powerful magnet along the tube. The magnet will pull (or push) the train above it.
http://www.flightrail.com |
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| brenda | Jun 15 2017, 05:23 AM Post #2 |
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That sounds wonderful. I hope it works as well as described. It's hard to know yet when the video describes it as being a scale model shown. |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Copper | Jun 15 2017, 06:11 AM Post #3 |
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Shortstop
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