[Willie Green]

I dunno. There appear to be more railroads than major highways near Chicago.

Sounds like a good place to build Maglev.
Totally eliminates the concern about wheels altogether!

[Erasmus]

Sounds like a good place to build Maglev. Totally eliminates the concern about wheels altogether!

But then you get the problem of keeping the damn magnets properly inflated and balanced.

[PAR35]

Did you see that story a few months ago about the scientist that thought the poles were about to shift again, so your compass would point south rather than north? If you build a bunch of Maglev trains now, you'ld probably have to run them upside-down when the poles shift.