Maglevs

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:02 pm

are there any fully functional maglevs being used in the USA currently?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:22 pm

not that I know of but I hear there are plans..

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:00 pm

Disney World maybe?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:01 pm

I thought that Disney World already had them.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:35 pm

Originally posted by Prey521
I thought that Disney World already had them.

Negative, just monorails that run or rubber tires.

No maglevs buing used/built in the USA that I know of, only ones are in Japan... might be one in europe though. Don't know for sure.

kneemeister · Post by **kneemeister** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:36 pm

No Maglevs, althought many of the lattest roller coasters use the LIM and LSM drive technology to launch directly from a standing stop to full seed in mear seconds.

Having ridden in the cab of a Mark VI monorail at disneyworld a couple months ago, I realized why the things ride so rough, the gaps between the guide beams are sometimes off by several inches.
Incase you dont know, if you want a cab ride just ask at the platform the first group to ask, gets the cab seats.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:45 pm

cool, thanks for the info guys

Maglevs interest me, I like the technology, its simple yet very fast, effective and clean for the environment.

I hope it makes its way over here, i'd love to see the railroad business converted to Maglevs or the like myself.