I have riden the Maglev in Shanghai. Fanbloodytastic I say.

We have these in Chicago too they are called the L train. Lol. They go 10 mph and You can get robbed, Stabbed and or shot all while enjoying the crumbling infustructor in the background!

Maglev is ANOTHER tecnology that is always a few years away, like the flying cars and fusion energy.

These trains are fascinating, I remember seeing documentaries about them around 15 years ago and I've wondered just how advanced the technology has become since then

Shanghai has had a working Maglev since 2002, rode on it many times watching it goes from 0-450km+ every time going to and from the city to Pudong airport, old technology.

Rode on the shanghai one before

In 1966, as a 7 year old kid, my Granfather gave me two very strong horseshoe magnets( My father had to separate them for me as they were very strong for a 7 yr old)) I soon discovered the "Like poles repel" action and immediately thought of using them to lift a car to make it fly with a propeller at the rear -- I always remembered that and obviously I became and engineer. I just can't help thinking sometimes - yeah that was my idea- even though it had been proposed many years before I was born, however it is still brilliant to see it finally come to fruition.

"In the US, high speed rail is stuck in limbo" Describes everything in the US.

A big up from all us world of rail buffs.thanks.

Maglev Mike has taken his relationship off the rails again

I have been on the Mag Lev in Shanghai. It runs from the Airport to Pudong and was finished about 20 yrs ago. It was running at 425kmh when I was on it according to the digital display in the railcar. Still running today and they just launched another. This is not new ground breaking technology!!

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The German test track pictured in Emsland was closed years ago. The Chinese are looking at re-equipping it in 2021 to further develop the technology.

I thought of this when I was younger playing with Magnets as they oppose each other and when pressed against each other how they would quickly fly past each other with incredible strength and speed. I know for a fact that I am not alone in this. I believe anyone who played with magnets had this experience and came up with similar ideas in our imagination. I just wish somehow we could ALL get the credit for it instead of the industry, it's a bitter sweet feeling, maybe if I had better parents or a support system I could be up there talking about it and giving credit to every child with a vision, not taking it.......lol. I miss being a kid. Love all of you! 😌

All these documentaries became pieces of history. Now we can analyse it with some perspective. :)

This is the best thing I’ve learnt so far! Why travel on a plane when there’s a train that has the speed but more capacity on land? Amazing!!

With friction rail transits, they're cheaper to install and produce, but more expensive to maintain. With Mag-Lev transits, they're very expensive to install, but cost much less to maintain.

How old is this? I think I remember seeing this on the Discovery Channel or Science Channel more than a Decade ago.

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