Re: Transrapid abandons Sydney-Canberra

[mdeen@xs4.xs4all.nl (Maarten Deen)]

w_keller@gmx.de (Wolfgang Keller) writes:

>The whole comparsison is complete, excuse me for using this word,
>bullshit.
>
>As usual, the TR lobbyists compare apples and lightbulbs. Both were made
>for entirely different things. 
>
>Claiming that, as the TGV runs at a v_max of 300 km/h, no rail vehicle
>could ever run faster (if it was necessary) makes at about as much sense
>as claiming that, as 3 is an integer and it is prime, all integers must
>be prime. Complete nonsense, obviously.

I am not disputing this, I merely quote TR's numbers and you attack me
on it that they are false. May be. I have already cast my doubts on the TR
project, but wouldn't it be the biggest cockup if they built a multi-bilion
DM line and then proved to be wrong in their statements of speed?

>Get some basic information (not from glossy promotion brochures) about
>the _facts_, then you'll know it.

Can you point me to these sources? Claiming that TR will not be correct in
their assumptions?

Maarten Deen