Casey
10-13-2002, 04:29 PM
quote:Popular Mechanics November 2002 - A Lift From Magnets - Trains that are suspended over their tracks by permanent magnets are getting off to a small start. In September, MegaRail Transportation Systems of Fort Worth, Texas unveiled a mockup of a 4-passenger car for its Micro-Rail system.
The technology differs from the permanent rail line developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Labratory, and featured in our May 1998 issue, in that it uses a fully enclosed track that can be switched at high speed. Developer Kirston Henderson has already installed a working 48-ft section of elevated track at its factory. Next stop: a fully operating prototype to show potential investors.
They may make it yet Lawrence.
The technology differs from the permanent rail line developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Labratory, and featured in our May 1998 issue, in that it uses a fully enclosed track that can be switched at high speed. Developer Kirston Henderson has already installed a working 48-ft section of elevated track at its factory. Next stop: a fully operating prototype to show potential investors.
They may make it yet Lawrence.