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Posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018 I'm not holding my breath |
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Posted by AlM on Wed Jul 11 09:06:55 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. Presumably the train and the plane have different propulsion methods (it would be pretty unpleasant to be on the platform as a train was departing, otherwise).So forgetting about everything else, there's the huge cost penalty of lifting the train's propulsion equipment up into the air. I suppose possibly someone could develop a passenger canister to gets smoothly slid from the train to the plane, so that passengers don't have to get out of their seats. But I can't imagine the train's motors getting flown. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Wed Jul 11 10:35:28 2018, in response to Re: Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by AlM on Wed Jul 11 09:06:55 2018. I agree. It's a "pie in the sky" idea. :) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Wed Jul 11 11:37:42 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. The Japanese had the idea of a train to the stars in the 1970's.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Wed Jul 11 15:56:37 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. Well if horse can fly why can't trains? Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Jul 11 16:33:32 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. What ever happened to the "mag-lev" idea? |
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Jul 11 17:56:15 2018, in response to Re: Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by AlM on Wed Jul 11 09:06:55 2018. Could be a small locomotive which would link to the pod for ground transport. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Jul 11 17:59:26 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. This made me think of British sci-fi, particularly Journey to the Far Side of the Sun/Doppelganger:
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Jul 11 18:05:06 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. In the end, I don't think anyone will adopt it, because airlines want to cram as many paying people as they can into every aircraft, and that means no extra weight (like from couplers, trucks, wheels, axles, etc.). It's also easier to move people than equipment. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 11 18:39:33 2018, in response to Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 07:38:40 2018. Already done. |
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Posted by Dave on Wed Jul 11 21:39:34 2018, in response to Re: Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 11 18:39:33 2018. LOL! Touche! |
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