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Old 08-12-2011, 12:01 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Oh, dear, all those insoluble technical problems. Wonder how it is that the Europeans, and indeed, some commuter railroads in the northeast, manage to use electric rail? Maybe you should tell them what's wrong?
...uh, they aren't using old-tech railroad rails based upon Roman chariots...that's why!

...they (Japan and Europe) are using mega-lift rails, as I recall, and are riding on a magnetic field with *no* physical contact--unlike our USA railroads...that's why!
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