electricron, I assume you don't know the history of Maglev Morris. Here is the failed Norfolk project I was referring too:
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After years of testing and over $9 million dollars in taxpayer money, the Old Dominion University maglev train is moving out of town.
The train was supposed to carry students from one end of campus to the other.
But at a cost of $100 million just to build one mile of maglev track, it's too expensive for ODU to use. So, the university is now researching a cheaper way to accomplish the same task.
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full article:
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_n...in-on-the-move
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ODU began working on maglev after Georgia-based American Maglev Technology promised in 1999 to deliver a working system in 2002. Technical glitches, cost overruns, unpaid bills and lawsuits derailed the project.
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full article:
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/odus...ars-next-phase
Here is a picture of his failed Norfolk maglev I took back in 2008:
