Posted on 06/05/2013 9:27:31 AM PDT by EveningStar
Edited on 06/05/2013 9:52:00 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The trains use magnetic levitation technology instead of wheels ...
Japan's floating bullet trains - which will travel at up speeds of up to 311mph - have undergone their first test runs.
The magnetic levitation, or 'maglev' trains, use state-of-the-art technology to reach mind-blowing speeds ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The sculpted nose of the lead car (I don’t think Maglev uses a separate locomotive) is a built-in moose deflector.
I don’t think there are moose on the loose in Japan. They DO have humongous brown bears, though, which are very similar to our Alaska Kodiak bears, but they are up on the northern island of Hokkaido.
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