http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/ Engadget Comments for Anaheim-Vegas maglev train project gets $45 million infusion http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
Big projects = extortionate!

Not that I complain; i'm more than worth my weight in gold!]]>Jun 8th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
genius!! ]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
but seriously, anything to get high tech mass transit on the radar over here]]>Jun 8th 2008 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
At first I thought like you did, then checked wikipedia. There aren't currently any trains that are held up by permanent magnets, although research is being done on it. All current trains are held up by electromagnets, so if they lose power, they will not levitate for long. It seems most trains have enough onboard battery to bring the train down to a low speed, from which point it either rolls on wheels or just scraps along the track until it comes to a halt.]]>Jun 8th 2008 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
National security > fast train to Vegas.]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
Step forward in clean, efficient transportation > Bombers that would be killing innocent civilians or taking up space on a base somewhere.]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
ah well, fearmongering "ftw"]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/> every other possible national or human endeavor somehow indicates I am "easily swayed" (i.e. think for myself)? Huh? you make no sense at all. Too much AM radio is warping your "mind". Who's the demagogue now? Check out the numbers on those other metrics I mentioned then get back to me with your empty war-cheerleading. You must have cried when the cold war ended.]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/ b-2 bombers. ;p

i for one, cannot wait for the maglev, if it ever comes. the drive just plain sucks, especially trying to get out there on a friday night after work. it takes about 2 - 3 hours just trying to get out of LA before hitting the (not so) open road to vegas!]]>Jun 8th 2008 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
Fuckin' bring it on... world.]]>Jun 8th 2008 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Wow: bachelors AND a masters. Oh, and by the war. . . I'm a high school graduate as of last June but hey, at least I can freaking spell. At least make sure things are spelled right when you're bragging on yourself.

Anyhow, I think that private companies like Amtrak need to be spending money on this, not the feds. I work to go to school, and the thought that I am working hours of my life to pay the federal government so they can pay not only for a war that I don't support but also for projects that do this Floridian no good makes me sick. Like I said, why don't Amtrak and Union Pacific, who actually would have a stake in this if it worked, put in some dollars to research a clean, cheap alternative to oil? ]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
Let's not forget that only a handful of states contribute more to the union than they take in through taxes. California one of those states that do actually contribute.

Not to say that's fair either, but what is?]]>Jun 8th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
p.s. it's not bragging when someone first calls you "uneducated", tool.]]>Jun 8th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
bombers more fun > trains going chu chu..

but one can still dream of one day traveling on the ground just as fast as in the air..]]>Jun 8th 2008 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Nov 8th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/Jun 8th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/anaheim-vegas-maglev-train-project-gets-45-million-infusion/
It is. Vote for the bond measure this November if you're a CA voter in favor.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/64198


The high-speed rail project is a $33 billion program to provide high-speed rail service between Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Francisco. An additional $7 billion will be required to extend service to San Diego and Sacramento. A bond measure will appear on the November ballot authorizing construction of the system.

"The immediate challenge for the Authority is to demonstrate to the voters how the $9.95 billion in bonds on the November ballot can generate the $33 billion necessary to fund the project´s first phase," Senator Lowenthal stated.

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But if it happens, at least it'll reduce the number of cars coming from OC. ]]>Jun 9th 2008 12:26AM