Ed Rendell: Build This Futuristic Magnetic Levitation Train!
Do you like trains? Do you like the future? Then, boy, does Ed Rendell have an idea you’ll love:
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday hosted a pitch for a super-high-speed, magnetically levitated train that could whisk riders from Philadelphia to New York City in 25 minutes and to Washington in 30.
Rendell and other ex-politicians, public officials, and business executives have been hired to raise support for a Japanese-financed maglev train on the Northeast Corridor, operating between Washington and New York.
It’s a good thing I wasn’t at this press conference — on the 45th floor of the Comcast Center — because I would have been in the back shouting “Yes! Yes! Yes!” the whole time. It’s not that this idea is ever going to happen; it’s quite fanciful. It would cost $100 billion, it’s more sensible to use already existing tracks, et cetera. But it’s a train that levitates due to magnets. It’s the coolest thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKkUA52NEYQ
The only existing maglev trains are short lines in Asia. But, darn, if Ed Rendell hasn’t convinced me. It’s more realistic than the Hyperloop, yet it’s received a fraction of the attention. Maybe we can try these maglev trains in Ogdenville, North Haverbrook and Brockway first.
Photoshop idea from Curtis Welsh