Re: Speed Rail V Maglev

[Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <39db1cc4$0$12433$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
  "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
> From Campbelltown Chronicle 3/10/00
>
> Campbelltown's new mayor Jim Kremmer is leading a push for the latest
in fast, hi-tech rail transport,
>
> Mr Kremmer....... said he was hoping to arrange for the "Mag-lev
Consortium" to talk to council about the benefits of trains powered
> by magnetic levitation. "Shanghai has now put in its first magnetic
levitation high-speed train," .......

Not unless you have large population like Shanghai. Also Malglev cost
heaps.



> "Wheel-on-steel trains have reached the end of their development. The
next step is to get 21st century technology into Campbelltown.
> Speed rail from Sydney to Melbourne would take five hours. But
>magnetic levitation trains would take 2 1/2."

So is his brain....getting out of date.....

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