[opendtv] Re: Mag-lev
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:37:52 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
magnetic ones, or counter-electromotive force. When the power goes out, they
coast to a stop. There is some friction braking, but it doesn't work until
they're going very slow already.
John Willkie
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>From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Oct 30, 2006 1:16 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Mag-lev
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>That reminds me there was actually a maglev train wreck in the news last
> month that killed 23. It said the (deceased) train driver was partly
>at fault for not hitting the brakes before running into a forgotten
>maintenance vehicle left on the tracks.
>
>What sort of brakes do these trains have?
>
>- Tom
>
>see:
><http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-04-maglev-train-crash_x.htm?POE=TECISVA>
>
>Mark Schubin wrote:
>> As long as it was brought up, there's a commercial mag-lev system from
>> Shanghai's Pudong airport to the Longyang Road metro station. It has
>> been operating for almost three years. The trip takes about seven
>> minutes at a top speed of about 270 MPH (during a test it went about 313
>> MPH) and costs about $5 for ticketed air passengers. The same trip by
>> road took me about 45 minutes in the middle of the night with no
>> traffic. I note that in "An Inconvenient Truth" Al Gore is shown making
>> the trip in a chauffered limo rather than on the train.
>>
>> The line is being extended to the Shanghai South railway station, the
>> Expo 2010 site, and the Hongqiao airport.
>>
>> TTFN,
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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