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| Spikey |
a vid for deathhere you are how would you like to drive thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BauXyy_cAY&feature=related nice and fast train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKflLrxDeA or there is this one Spikey |
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| Paul H. |
Re: a vid for death
I have been on that Chinese train..its top speed is 431 kmph/268 mph. It is fast but unfortunately there are no drops or loops to make it interesting! |
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| Death |
Re: a vid for deathHail Spikey!
Sorry I didn't respond to this one earlier...I didn't see it as I don't really come on to this sub-forum unless I'm posting a link myself! 
Aye...I've known about that one for a while! That's the Transrapid TR-08, designed and manufactured in Germany by Siemens and ThyssenKrupp. The Chinese one (In Shanghai) is - To this day - Still the Worlds only commercial maglev rail system in operation. Sadly, the fate of the Transrapid project itself hangs in a very fine balance at the moment following a major incident on the test track in Germany last year. 23 passengers were killed when a TR-08 collided with a track maintenance vehicle at about 225 km/h, with both vehicles decimated in the collision and a fair bit of guideway damage. I believe that they may have repaired the track and built a new train by now, but understandably they've stopped offering demo rides to the public until further notice. 
On a brighter note though: There is a preliminary plan in place for a Transrapid system linking London and Manchester with an express start-to-stop journey time of about an hour or so...Although I don't know if that's still on following the incident in the Emsland that I summerised above. 
If ye ask me though: The Transrapid is still a much faster, more practical, safer, and far better system than the MLX-001 rubbish that Japanese Railways have been working on! 
Farewell...
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