Re: maglev-article now in english

[pierson@gone.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)]

In article <34FA4F58.C76B33A1@qrail.com.au>, Alex Borodin <alex.borodin@qrail.com.au> writes...

>RSDHanstein@T-Online.de wrote:

>> My article on maglevs =84Was kann die Magnetbahn eigentlich besser?=93 =
>is now  available in english.

>> http://home.t-online.de/home/rsdhanstein/rh_2eng.htm

>Reinhard, this is a very interesting article.

>While reading the part where you said that land transport is
>not work taking over about 300km/hr due to the high air
>density at ground level as compared to that of airplanes at
>high altitude, I just had this wild thought that maybe it might
>be possible to run the trains in a vacuum (or at least low-pressure)
>tunnel constructed around the track.

	Its been proposed numberless times in countless science fiction
	stories.

	It was built and operqated (at full scale, tho experimentally,
	and for transit, not HS work, under Manahattan, NY< USA, ca 1870.

	One was proposed and tunnelling started under London, UK, about
	the same time...

thanks
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