High-Speed Maglev EMS Animated Explanation

See North American Maglev Transport Institute (NAMTI) for more info: www.namti.org

Category:

Science & Technology

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• maglev
• HSR
• trains
• rail
• transportation
• China
• Shanghai

[qued2U]

Evantis121, you are right, you obviously do not understand, based on the erroneous opinioins you cite. I don't know where you get your information, but it isn't from the engineers who developed and manufactured this technology, or from the SMT operators in Shanghai, who increased the number of daily trips in 2011 to 115 from 110. Trains pound their infrastructure and equipment out of spec, maglevs do not - and that is a fact you can take to the bank.

[evantis121]

I don't understand those who advocated the building of maglev trains as building maglevs would require much higher investment that high-speed rail, power dissipation would be much higher, prices would be three times that of the high-speed rail and transport capacity would be about half. “There was no reason at all in the contest between maglev and wheel-on-rail over ten years. Not even Germany bothered with maglev. Shanghai built a maglev line and incurred losses of around 300 million yuan.

[qued2U]

There is a great golf course in Mesquite - Wolf's Creek - and St. Georges is a good tourist destiniation. But, why stop there. Extend to Denver and Salt Lake City. Colorado is in the process of issuing an RFP for a maglev study along the I-70 corridor because this is the only technology that can handle the steep grades and severe Colorado winter weather. Better yet, the guideway system requires little maintenance, unlike maintenance intensive rail systems. It's a no-brainer, really.

[sideslide23]

@qued2U your right the Interstate Maglev would be a great choice not only its a state of the art, or travel top speed of 300 MPH and stops in the middle of anaheim, it makes stops allong the way like Primes Barstow and otherstops if they build the maglev, I have an idea of extending the maglev from vegas to Masquit, and even reach St George Utah. hows that?

[qued2U]

The objective is not Palmdale, but the LA Basin. The DX technology cannot negotiate the incline of the Cajon Pass, but the maglev technology can. DX was trying to avoid the cost of tunneling. That's why they were trying to tap into the CHSRA line with tunnels.

The maglev trip would be 80 minutes from Anaheim to Las Vegas and be on time, to the second, every trip. Reliability, fast speeds, low O&M costs = great ridership and a profitable system.

[sideslide23]

@qued2U it was sabotaged because harry reid want the Dessert Xpress to run from vegas to Palmdale to connect with the california High speed rail but the CAHSR has change it route, it will bypass palmdale, and 2 people of Barstow are trying to kill the Desert Xpress because it will bypass Barstow.

[evantis121]

@qued2U And you are a Namti

[qued2U]

You're an idiot.

[qued2U]

The Anaheim/Las Vegas maglev project was sabotaged (for now) by Harry Reid as a favor to one of his political cronies who is offering up a flawed and inferior system.

Temperature ranges are less of an issue for maglev than continuous ribbon rail for trains which buckle in the heat and crack in severe cold. Maglev guideways are separated by a gap and allow for expansion and contraction. Being non-contact transport systems, maglevs are little affected by rain, snow and ice.

[evantis121]

@qued2U Ha ha, you boffins are all the same. Cut your beard off and get out of that lab a bit more. Maybe, just maybe girls will like you then and you can stop getting wound up about critism of your beloved maglev.