Re: Need suggestions for rail to maglev upgrade

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From: David Wallenstein
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:00

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Hmm, I can see where rail and monorail would be incompatible, but maglev could be
combined with either.  I picture a locomotive with wheels and with a magnet
sufficiently powerful to keep the wheels above the maglev track.  The trickiest
part would be including both propulsion methods in the same vehicle, it would
have to be huge.

Stephen Down wrote:

> Yes, I know maglevs, monorails and normal-type choo choos exist, but the
> original post posited a hybrid locomotive, that could run on
> rails/monorail/maglev track (2 or all 3 of them). This would be, AIUI,
> physically impossible, because the running gear for each track type would get
> in the way of the equipment necessary for the other.

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