VECTORR™ High Speed Rail Technology by Flight Rail Corp. U.S.A.

WEBSITE: www.flightrail.com
The VECTORR™260-01 is a 1/6 scale pilot model of an advanced high-speed rail transportation system capable of operating at speeds in excess of 200 mph at full-scale. It utilizes air to move along an elevated guideway. It operates without any on-board propulsion system or fuel and does not depend on traction for propulsion. It runs on electricity and can climb grades up to 10%. The elevated system eliminates highway-railroad grade crossings and could integrate with highway right-of-ways. Its installation does not require using existing railways. VECTORR™ is ready for public and private applications including light freight and shuttle service in environmentally sensitive areas.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• high speed rail
• vectorr
• high speed train
• vac trac
• green technology
• atmospheric
• pneumatic
• vacuum
• transport
• environment

[flightrail]

Atmospheric trains have been in existence since the early 1800's. Inventors in England and Ireland are credited with the first atmospheric systems. These systems were popular with passengers, but lack of durable materials, control systems, and consistent power generation at that time lessened their reliability. With the application of advanced materials, controls, and related systems over the last 150 years, revisiting this technology can prove the effectiveness of atmospheric propulsion.

[KuraIthys]

Well, it sounds good, but there's a reason high speed rail is the number one choice most of the time, even with the existence of things such as maglev. A high speed rail line requires a lot of dedicated track to operate safely at high speeds. But the trains can come directly off the high-speed network onto conventional networks, letting them use existing stations and tracks in heavily built up areas. The infrastructure also isn't proprietary,simplifying sourcing of vehicles and other equipment

[The88Nomad]

The British civil engineer Brunel already ran a railway network going from Exeter to Plymouth, nearly 200 years ago! It's called atmospheric (vacuum) traction....Cleggs and Samudas Patent system.

[IAMNTHOMAS]

What a great innovation. A high speed rail could definitely help bring back some suffering US cities. Just kinda sucks that there is little movement going on with the US government in getting a high speed rail system going through out the US. Hopefully the California high speed rail will jump start some things. The infrastructure is there - there are a bunch of empty factory buildings that could be used to manufacture high speed rails and other environmental technology.