This seems to be mostly geared at countries that already have high-speed rail infrastructure and want to upgrade. I wouldn't expect to see this running on freight rail.
@@PolyThumper I used to work for the railway. The track is tested and they find alot of broken rails. However there are also derailment almost every day.. not huge ones. But trust me trains are always popping off the track. Mostly going very slow.. but at high speed passenger trains, it would be a complete disaster.
Exactly. I have ridden Amtrak in Indiana and at 30MPH there were moments k was sure we were going to die. There’s no way in hell a train can go mich more than 50 on our shitty 100 year old tracks. Has nothing to do with the magnets.
Friend of mine WORKS on tracks for a rail transport company, here’s what he has to say: “I could see them using the technology and expounding on it. But most of the tracks out there will have to be heavily maintained and fixed to go at high speeds. But if those are able to pull tons of weight the railroads I could see use them to move freight around but it'd depend on how much they can pull and how it all works. I don't see anything happening where it would affect us for decades but I could see them using that technology to build engines and stuff if it ends up being a good option that is profitable but who knows.”
Hey, Canada is not much better. But we did weld all our tracks about 15 years ago. There is no more clanketty clank....clanketty clank. The trains move about double the speed they used to due to the smoother, stronger, rails. But they still only go 145 kilometers per hour, but only on very rural, straight, tracks. Often, 110 kilometers per hour is all they go through cities. It is still much better than the old 65 kilometers per hour on wobbly, warped tracks. I have heard the United States of America has started welding all its old tracks for increased speeds in the future.
@indridcold8433 When the CEO denies you or a family member compensation for a tragedy that will change your life for the worse, I hope you get used to the back seat in life in the name of innovation and no complains coming from you from that point forward! 😁
Everyone seems to think Ironlev is an American company. In fact IronLev is an Italian high-tech firm headquartered in the northern Italian town of Travis. The testing run shown in this video took place near Venice. Across the two-kilometre route, the prototype vehicle hit a speed of 70 km/h.
@@thekenthouse6428 You are right. I meant to write Treviso but autocorrection came in. There’s also more information about Ironlev that I’ve found: IronLev was founded in 2017 as a joint venture between engineering innovation studio Girotto Brevetti and Ales Tech, a startup formed by university students who developed a suspension system for the SpaceX Hyperloop competition.
Some basic research reveals that "Earnshaw's theorem proves that using only paramagnetic materials (such as ferromagnetic iron) it is impossible for a static system to stably levitate against gravity". Assuming the train wishes to stop at stations and steel hasn't suddenly become diamagnetic I would agree that this is impossible.
I remember watching some railway enthusiast at half year ago who visited many tracks and bridges all around USA and Canada. One of the places had tracks laying on mud, and when train went over, the ground sunk so much that train had move in walking speed.
that's why you have multiple of those assemblies per car just like trains have multiple sets of wheel bogeys per car. plus its a prototype. you thought you had something but nope. next time take a little longer to think
@@tomylee2835 lol, the confidence you have over the results of your tHinKiNg is itself thought provoking, thoughts of "lmao you're the last that should be blabbering about thinking"
The British will starve the development of theirs and the result will be an intermediste solution (75 years) hauling existing wheeled rolling stock from Crewe to Derby.
Unfortunately it was caused by human error not the technology. German government did not see the future and gave it to China, where it’s running successfully without accidents in Shanghai as an airport shuttle
Einfach sehr traurig dass man sich wegen den patentierten dafür von.. der lufthansa und der deutschen Bahn sich nicht einig wurden und die patente verkaufte...
until the soil shifts, the tracks separate and you go flying into that field over there. No substitute for tracks designed from the beginning to last hundreds of years.
@@billwilson-es5yn it took me 2 and a half days to go what would have been a 13 hour drive from what I’ve seen are delays and max speeds 60 miles an hour on the train on was on WHEN it wasent stalled or delayed for some reason dang that ride on Amtrak was terrible
@@dustintacohands1107 Some Amtrak cross country routes have problems. During the 1990's Amtrak had a run between Chicago and Sacramento called the California Zephyr that was routinely clocked doing 240 mph. The Amtrak employees named it The Train of Death. That run used Diesel -electric locomotives that were modified by Kawasaki to run faster.
Flying people drones are here. Legal or on probation in over 30 countries. There is no need for expensive high speed rail that comes from the wrong locations going to the wrong destinations.
@@citizenschmitizen i don't what you are saying by highspeed rail going to the wrong locations because that's completly wrong. Also your flying drones don't carry 500 passengers nor do they have affordable tickets and are not ment for more than a 20min ride.....
What many here don’t take into account is that even if they use “existing” infrastructure they will have to install some control devices along the tracks to signal the train to slow down for downhill, corners or intersections, or to speed up to gain momentum to climb a hill.
The future is with it but to truly meet its potential is tunnels without any atmosphere basically a vacuum like space. Then as no friction between propulsion and atmosphere light speed speed potential will totally change transport as we know it.
I work for Amtrak and we have been upgrading the tracks along the northeast corridor for the last decade. There's constant measuring, adjusting, grinding and installation of new rail all the time. Three major projects of over 50 miles of brand new rail were just completed in december 2023. The problem with the higher speeds is that there aren't long stretches of tangent railroad. Unlike European countries, our railroad was built along the coastal cities to easier move goods and people upon arrival into the country so you very rarely have more than 3 or 4 miles of tangent railroad. Another problem is that freight rail companies also use the mainline tracks. Yes the maglev technology is awesome and it'd be great if they could implement it but unless they engineer a train that can hold the rail better through the curves at those higher speeds then I don't see it happening in the US.
Add to those issues the fact that the US had way more at-grade crossings, even out in rural areas, which means a train travelling at 150+ MPH would be a serious collision threat at every crossing. In Europe, the high speed rails don't cross at-grade unless the train is going slow (such as in a city).
Yeah the wear on the inside of the tracks and outside of the flange on wheels would surely be nasty with tight turns at these kinda speeds. We have a lotta tangent track here in FL but we don't have major rivers or mountains to traverse either. These countries plan from the getgo with tunnels & viaducts to keep the track as straight as possible.
I think even with crap tracks to run on travelling at slower speeds due to track quality, this system might have the potential to improve performance significantly over conventional rail: due to the magnetism it has far less friction, can accelerate and brake better, and If there are less/no moving parts all mechanics know there will likely be significantly less maintenance.
@@kyletopfer7818 That might very well be true! But even with that being said, there is so much more to take in account that can be almost guaranteed to cost more for citizens! Just think about foods that costs less to produce due to less chemicals being used to cultivate, yet alone a multibillion dollar monorail system!
@@bobpaterson77 Dense urban areas work better for rail than rural areas. The issue is purely lack of public support and the fact the existing rail lines are owned by the companies that run on them. Why it's rare for there to be places the rails are shared. New Jersey port is one of these few areas, but it's because of the collapse of Conrail where CSX and NS both bought portions of them.
The problem with existing rail lines isn't that they're unsuited to MagLev trains - which they are technically, but that's not it. The actual problem is the amount of curves and turns that exist on existing track, making high speed trains, that don't even need to be MagLev, unfeasible. High Speed trains require smooth straight as possible tracks and curves, they can't snake around infrastructure like normal train tracks do.
I don't think there's anything management can do. Most train crashes occur from failed rails. bearings, or human error on the side of the crew. We already have automatic stopping systems if they don't stop for a light, speeding, alarms if they pass out, two man crews so if one's incapacitated the other can take over, etc. What else can really be done? All I can think of is having a third member who's an engineer so they can pass off if tired.
@@Skylancer727google how railway management and maintenance has changed over the years and you will see why we need innovative changes away from unsafe profit seeking management strategies that are currently in place
Even without the need to travel 300+ kph, having less friction is already huge benefit. Also interchangable benefit like how shinkansen can still run on conventional standard gauge albeit slower.
Hey genius remember the horse & buggy days. You probably still have a wall phone in your house, or you still climbing that telegraph pole like Oliver? Let me guess, you think EVs be getting 1000 miles to start
The idea though is that if the technology can be applied to larger maglev trains, it would speed up transportation and improve transport efficiency and speed
It might be able to save energy by reducing friction, but it won't be able to travel much faster with existing tracks. It still needs to slow down on curves, same reason as your normal car could go 180 mile per hour but still can't go that fast on curves designed for 45 mph.
At high speeds wind friction exceeds rolling friction by an order of magnitude. This is more useful for low speeds (assuming it is more efficient when scaled up to train size). At high speeds wheel will do the trick just fine... unless you want to go to very high speeds of 500 to 1000 kmh, then bearings become a problem....
New railroad has to be built to operate high speed train. It’s not just how the high speed train or even maglev can run, it’s more about the gaps, turning curvature, etc.
This work on common tracks. No problems with curvature or gaps etc. The only issue they need to solve is when the track splits into two: for those like 2 feet, this system would not be compatible as it is. I’m not sure about maglev, this company is called Ironlev
I think even with crap tracks to run on, this system might have the potential to improve performance significantly over conventional rail: due to the magnetism it has far less friction, can accelerate and brake better, and If there are less/no moving parts all mechanics know there will likely be significantly less maintenance.
this won't be necessary in 15-minutes cities... and outside of them such means of transportation will be needed only for goods/wares or maybe food - so no humans modifications for them will be needed... 🤔🤷♂️ robots won't require such mods..
Nice idea but the problem with our current rail infrastructure is it's old and rough. If we were to replace the tracks with something more suited to the system we might just as well rebuild them into regular high speed lines.
For this device to levitate it creates as much power draw to cancel out any fuel savings. It does this because it takes an immense amount of power + weight to levitate the weights of a real train. It works just fine with this tiny little device without a load on it.. but even then it doesn't give any benefit, and only gives a net increase in energy cost. It also gives a HUGE increase in financial cost.
They'll have to address how the guides on the inside of the track will interface with the existing switches and grade crossings. It's promising, but still needs refinement. We won't have to upgrade the infrastructure if the train has it's own power supply.
I'm just happy to see that so many other people realize how STUPID it would be to use our current train tracks for such a thing. Our rail system in the US has some very major structural issues that would spell doom for maglev trains, especially when running at the speeds they're intended to. I can appreciate the work these people put into the engineering and such in order to make one work on regular tracks, but I really hope this does not become a reality with a full-size maglev train speeding down anything other than special maglev tracks. It will be expensive, but major accidents and deaths will be far less likely.
@@zanzibar301 I agree that our tracks can't handle maglev trains, but I also agree with you. We know nothing about this company or their goals, just what's been told to us by a third party in a CZcams short. Could be nothing more than a proof of concept. At the very least, it provides one more good reason (on top of the mountain of reasons) to update our rail system.
How did 22 other people think what you said was smart? The real criticism is that the tracks aren't built for that precision or speed. There are very few places of maglev could get up to full throttle. And because the United States has very few parallel tracks, improving the locomotion doesn't really help all that much. We need at least a two-way track system. Otherwise, hurry up and wait, will continue to be the status quo.
@@carllaurent7261 the forces still apply dude… sure there’s less friction, but the speeds alone will add that stress right back to the track… there is no free lunch in physics
👉🏻ONE HUGE PROBLEM👈🏻 These require tracks that are in PRISTINE CONDITION! Very few rail systems are in a condition to support the safe operation of such vehicles… and it would be cost prohibitive to put and keep them that way.
This seems to be mostly geared at countries that already have high-speed rail infrastructure and want to upgrade. I wouldn't expect to see this running on freight rail.
America don’t do High Speed. We choose that back in dat 60’s. $132b for SF to LA and they ain’t even half way done. Started 10yrs ago. Useless politicians that are irresponsible when they’re in power, and unaccountable.
We will, we just need to keep funding no matter how much money it takes, it’s mostly just people refusing to fund the project and environment regulations and people seeing the gov that are the problem, set aside tons of money instead of wasting it on roads and the military, change the laws to allow gov to seize property for the common good for free, and cut stupid environmental regulations and it will get done, do this all over the country and economies of scale will make costs cheaper
@@lincolnhaldorsen5649 Seize property for common good ? You wouldn’t say that if it’s your property. Trains between cities don’t work if there is no public transportation system with in the cities. I think well connected metro is higher priority.
@@gund89123 metro is a priority and so is high speed, but yes, obviously humans are selfish which is why the government must override petty individual squabbles to work for the common good
@@gund89123 having commoners get mad over stupid shit because they’re too selfish to understand. The communal benefit is exactly why these projects cost so much. They start whining and being like “not in my backyard” because of some stupid environmental or private property reasons. That’s why the government just be able to override these types of things when dealing with public infrastructure.
Except the rail infrastructure in the U.S. prioritizes cargo over passengers so this would have to be on separate rail lines. It's why most newer passenger rail systems are building new track.
While a way to use just iron steel as a track would make maglev routes much cheaper than today and therefore competive against airplanes (that have a track cost of 0), it is ridiculous to use train tracks. They are not built for high speed. Too sharp corners, to steep angles. The displayed vehicle is flat because otherwise it would fall of the tracks. But there is a problem if the motor is in the vehicle and not the track: the energy source. Batteries ? Surly not. Induction ? Makes the track more expensive. Overhead lines: there is no ground.
But it doesn't just provide speed. Switching from classic rollers to frictionless maglev will reduce emissions and costs, so long as the system isn't so power-hungry it offsets the benefits
@@rocketmonty9916 aren't most of trains are electric, so it won't change emissions. Not to mention that anything "high-tech" require more maintenance.
The turns on the tracks are designed for slow trains, mag lev won't change that, the tracks are still the limiting factor. Not going to take a tight turn at 300 kph and have all the passengers plastered to the wall of the train like bugs.
Not every cointry is the US. It would be the same with a normal high speed rail system anyway. The difference with this is that it can use existing high speed rail tracks.
Yep, that will run on normal rail until it runs on rail owned and maintained by a company that prioritizes profit and share holder wealth over the safety of the rail infrastructure and equipment associated. Class 1 RRs are notorious for running their business this way.
Even here in Thailand they have figured out that to run a train at high speeds you have to build a track system that will handle the high speeds. They are a large train track from Singapore to China and the biggest part is in Thailand. AND NO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS NOT INVOLVED.
The sun beating down on these tracks, for hours and hours in hundred degree temperatures, finally hears the satisfying snap of a rail warping in the heat: "Now to wait for the train..."
@@obihz2415 I understand the tech, but there is an issue no one is pointing out. I'll leave it there I think because I'm not attacking the effort, just the science.
Lol so what happens when you're going maglev speeds and approach a turn rated for only 40mph? Whether the tech to achieve maglev is possible on normal tracks or not, the max speed will be limited by the path of the track, which would've been laid with conventional speeds in mind. Otherwise you'll have these maglev trains derailing left and right.
@@seekerscovereal having to constantly slow down whenever there is a curve in the track seriously hampers the usability of these. Larger trains going at non-maglev speeds can take up to a mile to stop, now consider that the benefit of maglev is that they can go *considerably faster than normal trains.* I.e. tapping the breaks at every curve isn't possible, if they're going anywhere near maglev speeds they'd need to start slowing down miles ahead of time. Maglev trains also have to speed up to their max speed pretty gradually. Additionally, it's not like most legacy tracks only have a curve once every 50 miles, meaning the speed a maglev train on a traditional track will realistically be able to do will be seriously hampered by having to constantly slow down and speed up.
@@seekerscovereal Totally different situation. That said, EVs have a ways to go before they can be a wholesale replacement for gasoline/diesel powered vehicles.
Nice thought, but you do need dedicated rail systems for high speed. You are limited by things like the curve radius. And only passenger trains really need the high speed, and they always take a back seat to freight trains, which earn the real money for a railroad company.
There are many countries that do have dedicated rail for high speed and those rails are in good condition. But this clip only shows the car moving in a straight line. I'd be interest to see how it navigates bends.
Yes, Imagine going 300+ kmph on the turns which are made for the trains which run max 130kmph. "You Have To Transform Infrastructure at some point buddy"
I think even with crap tracks to run on travelling at slower speeds due to track quality, this system might have the potential to improve performance significantly over conventional rail: due to the magnetism it has far less friction, can accelerate and brake better, and If there are less/no moving parts all mechanics know there will likely be significantly less maintenance.
Shinkansen isn’t fast enough for most of America. America is too deserted in most areas. This is an okay idea cuz the train will need to slow down a lot at a curve..
Nah it’s not useless. Maglev typically is faster than conventional high speed rail but the issue was always how you couldn’t send a maglev train on a slow line like how a high speed train can go on the slow lines to get to its last destination. So if this actually has benefits it might work. Innovation is good as long it does what we need.
Standard tracks have a speed limit. Flatness is an issue, when doing high speed. We won’t even start on gradients in corners etc. Very few standard tracks would be able to accommodate this technology.
Ideally you would want a better conductor for this like aluminum. Ideally a superconductir. A poor conductor like steel would transfer a lot of the energy into heat, even aluminum has a tendency to melt the aluminum when doing this (of course some of that is because of the low melting point of aluminum). What is more interesting would be the Inductrak system where passive halbsch arrays of permanent magnets are used and it's the velocity of passing over the rails that generates the AC fields required for inductive levitation. The inductrak system is passibe as the magnets need not be powered but you first have to attain speed before you levitate so takeoff and landing wheels are required.
@@cr4zyj4ck Except it's not scalable as the heat produced with a full scale unit will likely melt the steel tracks as steel is a relatively poor conductor so a lot of energy would be turned to heat. Even aluminum which is used in current eddy induction levitation devices such as roller coaster, and in linear motors such as used in some advanced elevators and the Vectrus PRT, there's the danger of melting the aluminum inductive ladder (ladder or coils would be more efficient than rails as conduction would be forced to be perpendicular to direction of travel, which is also why the inductive squirrel cage in an inductive motor is a cage). The only advantage of using the steel rails would be that they are already deployed, however the small model size tells me this is just promotion for funding regardless of the probability of achieving a functional system. I would want to see if whomever demonstrated this model ever had a commercially successful project before even considering if it could be scaled up which I seriously doubt it could simply due to the conductive properties of steel. There's a reason why we're still looking for high temperature super conductors to do this and that is the energy loss produces a lot of heat. There are CZcams videos of metals (usually aluminum) being melted while being magnetically levitated... I would consider an inductrack PRR system worth investing in as the light weight of PRT vehicles makes the aluminum rails less expensive to install as they won't have to support as much weight (aluminum is a lot more common than iron but does take more energy to smelt) but this reuse of existing steel rails for magnetic levitated trains shouts funding request scam to me. Sure it can be done on the scale of what they show (a small light weight vehicle) and they are hardly the first to do this with steel conductors but the concept is one that has already been discounted perhaps a century ago.
This is not a train. It is a single vehicle. It is no more a train than a single wagon is a 'wagon train'. Or is a single camel a 'camel train'. This is a train, a camel train: 🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪 .. The subject of the video is a rail vehicle.
It has one thing going for it. Zoning and land procurement for rail infrastructure is so difficult in the US, it dooms projects from the start. Utilitizing existing infrastructure might be the only choice we are left with. Perhaps, it could serve as a pilot project for shorter routes.
I came to the comments because I saw no value in that thing and wanted to see what others thought. Well so far people agree with me. Besides we have some of the worse railways in the world. Derailments happen far too often.
It’s just the classic multimillionaire mindset trying to invent the train, in a stupid way. Build more tracks for existing train? No, no. Build stupid inefficient transportations for existing tracks.
In the world? Nah. Not even the worst in the western hemisphere, lol. Look at the tracks in India and former ussr block steppe countries to see worst in the world
Cool. Instead of heavy rail there can be many light small cars. Since they aren't touching the tracks there is less wear. Eventually, curved sections can be tilted for higher sustained speeds. Covered rails would prevent ice and snow and animals from interfering with the track though an inspection system would be needed, nonetheless.
Fun fact: the demo shown is a MINIATURE MODEL and this technology has never been tested on full scale and will most likely never will for another decade. In fact this was originally made by a Japanese CZcamsr as an experiment to see if maglevs can be made using miniature railways. The CZcamsr was able to make it go relatively fast for a miniature train but was very unstable and often derailed after a while, also causing damage along the train tracks.
This is incredible technology, however it will still require a solid rail bed meaning proper maintenance of trackage is still required. But still much less expensive than dedicated right of ways that existing Maglev require.
High speed trains require a different infrastructure. Normal rails expand and retract wit temperatures, causing deformations, significantly increasing the risk of derailment the faster you go.
Problem is that high-speed train needs straight path and existing train rails are not built like that. They will need to slowdown everytime they come to corner. Good idea though.
Ah yes, the train tracks that are designed for normal speed trains to slow down on curves will be able to support maglev, great thinking, just remember to never take a single curve of track.
Just one slight problem... scaling this up to a full size, usable train. Even if you could supply the kind of power required ed, wouldn't it heat up the rail head to where it loses its magnetic properties?
Dont worry. There are never any broken rails to worry about. Travelling at 300+ kmh
This seems to be mostly geared at countries that already have high-speed rail infrastructure and want to upgrade. I wouldn't expect to see this running on freight rail.
If there were a lot of broken rails - we'd have an accident every day with regular trains. ?
@@kutter_ttl6786 What if it's main benefit was lower energy consumption rather than speed?
@@PolyThumper I used to work for the railway. The track is tested and they find alot of broken rails. However there are also derailment almost every day.. not huge ones. But trust me trains are always popping off the track. Mostly going very slow.. but at high speed passenger trains, it would be a complete disaster.
Not even broken, just bent. There's a track near me that's pretty damn straight, but it's not perfectly straight. It just depends on the tolerances.
Derailing at a high speed will also be incredible
the price tag will also be incredible. We will pay 10 times the necessary cost and only receive about 10% of the benefits.
Exactly. I have ridden Amtrak in Indiana and at 30MPH there were moments k was sure we were going to die. There’s no way in hell a train can go mich more than 50 on our shitty 100 year old tracks. Has nothing to do with the magnets.
Pretty sure this be the world's fastest fidget spinner if it flys off track
You are absolutely going to need to build infrastructure. Our current traintracks need updating as it is in many areas.
My first thought exactly. Sounds super cool until you got to those tracks that haven’t been tended to for ages ?
Ironically the old tracks are absolutely ok for this technology because they are not worn out and strained anymore.
are Germans commenting on their infrastructure?
@@jimbotron70 - wrong
The primary market will probably be Japan and Europe IF it ever gets into production of course.
Friend of mine WORKS on tracks for a rail transport company, here’s what he has to say: “I could see them using the technology and expounding on it. But most of the tracks out there will have to be heavily maintained and fixed to go at high speeds. But if those are able to pull tons of weight the railroads I could see use them to move freight around but it'd depend on how much they can pull and how it all works. I don't see anything happening where it would affect us for decades but I could see them using that technology to build engines and stuff if it ends up being a good option that is profitable but who knows.”
There is 90% less friction compared to normal trains though, even at these high speeds. That means there will be less maintenance.
@dudema
What kind of engineer is your friend?
@@dsch1znit Software engineer probably. 😂
@@hansudowolfrahm4856
AND Less wear on the tracks
With this tech, high speed rail for the U.S is still only 80 years away.
Still waiting for the flying cars
especially if they keep derregulating safety precautions. 🤷♂️
Hey, Canada is not much better. But we did weld all our tracks about 15 years ago. There is no more clanketty clank....clanketty clank. The trains move about double the speed they used to due to the smoother, stronger, rails. But they still only go 145 kilometers per hour, but only on very rural, straight, tracks. Often, 110 kilometers per hour is all they go through cities. It is still much better than the old 65 kilometers per hour on wobbly, warped tracks. I have heard the United States of America has started welding all its old tracks for increased speeds in the future.
@@nelsonminatorThere comes a time when safety must take a back seat to innovation and progress.
---Stockton Rush CEO of Oceangate, LLC.
@indridcold8433 When the CEO denies you or a family member compensation for a tragedy that will change your life for the worse, I hope you get used to the back seat in life in the name of innovation and no complains coming from you from that point forward! 😁
Everyone seems to think Ironlev is an American company. In fact IronLev is an Italian high-tech firm headquartered in the northern Italian town of Travis.
The testing run shown in this video took place near Venice. Across the two-kilometre route, the prototype vehicle hit a speed of 70 km/h.
Lmao Ikr, just made a huge ass comment hoping to clear stuff out
Yep, we all want to travel at 70 km/hr!
@@donotwantahandle1111 bro it's a proof of concept prototype xD
Do you mean Treviso?
@@thekenthouse6428 You are right. I meant to write Treviso but autocorrection came in.
There’s also more information about Ironlev that I’ve found: IronLev was founded in 2017 as a joint venture between engineering innovation studio Girotto Brevetti and Ales Tech, a startup formed by university students who developed a suspension system for the SpaceX Hyperloop competition.
They say it's maglev, but I can clearly see the big giant AC motors with wheels on them.Attached to the track
Some basic research reveals that "Earnshaw's theorem proves that using only paramagnetic materials (such as ferromagnetic iron) it is impossible for a static system to stably levitate against gravity".
Assuming the train wishes to stop at stations and steel hasn't suddenly become diamagnetic I would agree that this is impossible.
I remember watching some railway enthusiast at half year ago who visited many tracks and bridges all around USA and Canada. One of the places had tracks laying on mud, and when train went over, the ground sunk so much that train had move in walking speed.
Fun fact: if it floats in one spot too long it will heat up tracks red hot 🔥(eddy current induction)
Why would it float in one spot?
Just turn it off while staying still
@@paulogden7417 a long heavy train would need time to accelerate. wheels would be needed until it got up to speed.
South Korea was developing magnetic eddy current brake for their High Speed train, but gave up after the heat was causing the rail to deform.
@@paulogden7417👌
Works pretty well... without the weight of a fully loaded train on it. 🤔🤔🤔
Exactly!
that's why you have multiple of those assemblies per car just like trains have multiple sets of wheel bogeys per car. plus its a prototype. you thought you had something but nope. next time take a little longer to think
It's just a prototype
@@tomylee2835 lol, the confidence you have over the results of your tHinKiNg is itself thought provoking, thoughts of "lmao you're the last that should be blabbering about thinking"
The British will starve the development of theirs and the result will be an intermediste solution (75 years) hauling existing wheeled rolling stock from Crewe to Derby.
Build 50 years ago in Germany, an accident stopped the whole project, the train is still standing on a remote track to this day.
Unfortunately it was caused by human error not the technology. German government did not see the future and gave it to China, where it’s running successfully without accidents in Shanghai as an airport shuttle
@@hubertaumeier4558but-it loses money.
Einfach sehr traurig dass man sich wegen den patentierten dafür von.. der lufthansa und der deutschen Bahn sich nicht einig wurden und die patente verkaufte...
@@hubertaumeier4558without knowing the back story, that sounds exceptionally German... 😂🤣😂
Germany is still 50 years behind on everything
until the soil shifts, the tracks separate and you go flying into that field over there. No substitute for tracks designed from the beginning to last hundreds of years.
Our tracks can’t handle the speeds we have now which are pitiful
Our rail system is just fine.
@@billwilson-es5yn it took me 2 and a half days to go what would have been a 13 hour drive from what I’ve seen are delays and max speeds 60 miles an hour on the train on was on WHEN it wasent stalled or delayed for some reason dang that ride on Amtrak was terrible
@@billwilson-es5ynobviously you do NOT read actual rail reports nor have experience in rail infrastructure.
Excellent thought! You will be just fine running 70 miles an hour and 20,000 rail accidents a year! Hope you’re never be on one of them!
@@dustintacohands1107 Some Amtrak cross country routes have problems. During the 1990's Amtrak had a run between Chicago and Sacramento called the California Zephyr that was routinely clocked doing 240 mph. The Amtrak employees named it The Train of Death. That run used Diesel -electric locomotives that were modified by Kawasaki to run faster.
Looks good, but I don't think our tracks are ready.
Flying people drones are here. Legal or on probation in over 30 countries. There is no need for expensive high speed rail that comes from the wrong locations going to the wrong destinations.
@@citizenschmitizen i don't what you are saying by highspeed rail going to the wrong locations because that's completly wrong.
Also your flying drones don't carry 500 passengers nor do they have affordable tickets and are not ment for more than a 20min ride.....
@@citizenschmitizenaren't you just describing a helicopter?
@@citizenschmitizen Now imagine how many drones you need to move the passenger equivalent of one German ICE train (920 seats).
In fact this Is made for the italian rail infrastructure not american
Dedicated rail is the core for high speed stability and safety.
What many here don’t take into account is that even if they use “existing” infrastructure they will have to install some control devices along the tracks to signal the train to slow down for downhill, corners or intersections, or to speed up to gain momentum to climb a hill.
PTC does that now in the US.
GPS could be applied in that situation. Google map could do a locomotive like their car. Definitely need the degree of incline information.
The future is with it but to truly meet its potential is tunnels without any atmosphere basically a vacuum like space. Then as no friction between propulsion and atmosphere light speed speed potential will totally change transport as we know it.
Plus, why bother? The friction on rail wheels is already tiny. The technology would be better applied to stopping the trains we have.
Probably a Satellite (GPS)base signal system
I work for Amtrak and we have been upgrading the tracks along the northeast corridor for the last decade. There's constant measuring, adjusting, grinding and installation of new rail all the time. Three major projects of over 50 miles of brand new rail were just completed in december 2023. The problem with the higher speeds is that there aren't long stretches of tangent railroad. Unlike European countries, our railroad was built along the coastal cities to easier move goods and people upon arrival into the country so you very rarely have more than 3 or 4 miles of tangent railroad. Another problem is that freight rail companies also use the mainline tracks. Yes the maglev technology is awesome and it'd be great if they could implement it but unless they engineer a train that can hold the rail better through the curves at those higher speeds then I don't see it happening in the US.
This guy knows what he is talking about.
Add to those issues the fact that the US had way more at-grade crossings, even out in rural areas, which means a train travelling at 150+ MPH would be a serious collision threat at every crossing. In Europe, the high speed rails don't cross at-grade unless the train is going slow (such as in a city).
Yeah the wear on the inside of the tracks and outside of the flange on wheels would surely be nasty with tight turns at these kinda speeds. We have a lotta tangent track here in FL but we don't have major rivers or mountains to traverse either. These countries plan from the getgo with tunnels & viaducts to keep the track as straight as possible.
Good information Yapotrons
It's the same here in europe for the most part. Freight companies and industries still use the railway system.
Many corners aren't designed for high speeds. Limited use at best.
Let’s not forget more expensive for the average American citizen taxpayers whereas other countries build things to actually benefit their citizens!!
I think even with crap tracks to run on travelling at slower speeds due to track quality, this system might have the potential to improve performance significantly over conventional rail: due to the magnetism it has far less friction, can accelerate and brake better, and If there are less/no moving parts all mechanics know there will likely be significantly less maintenance.
This is an Italian company. What's your point
@@mutebro7523 what’s your point??
@@SirEquilibrium that I am a fucking god
Praise me
@@kyletopfer7818 That might very well be true! But even with that being said, there is so much more to take in account that can be almost guaranteed to cost more for citizens! Just think about foods that costs less to produce due to less chemicals being used to cultivate, yet alone a multibillion dollar monorail system!
Technology is not the reason we don't have high speed trains. 🤔
It's lobbying
Our debsity urban areas dont lendvto trains
ur icon is cool
@@bobpaterson77 Dense urban areas work better for rail than rural areas. The issue is purely lack of public support and the fact the existing rail lines are owned by the companies that run on them. Why it's rare for there to be places the rails are shared.
New Jersey port is one of these few areas, but it's because of the collapse of Conrail where CSX and NS both bought portions of them.
We do, Even when we had steam.
The problem with existing rail lines isn't that they're unsuited to MagLev trains - which they are technically, but that's not it. The actual problem is the amount of curves and turns that exist on existing track, making high speed trains, that don't even need to be MagLev, unfeasible. High Speed trains require smooth straight as possible tracks and curves, they can't snake around infrastructure like normal train tracks do.
This is a good start in the right direction. ❤😊
Great innovation.. hats off to the team
With all the train derailments I think we need innovative changes to railway management also😮
I don't think there's anything management can do. Most train crashes occur from failed rails. bearings, or human error on the side of the crew.
We already have automatic stopping systems if they don't stop for a light, speeding, alarms if they pass out, two man crews so if one's incapacitated the other can take over, etc. What else can really be done? All I can think of is having a third member who's an engineer so they can pass off if tired.
@@Skylancer727google how railway management and maintenance has changed over the years and you will see why we need innovative changes away from unsafe profit seeking management strategies that are currently in place
Rest assured that if this system works, US big corp will boycott it or make it fail...
You think it is made by China?
@@aptiveviennapro car anfd fly culture, no fast train in usa
Big oil won't let that happen
@@TheEyeOfHorus69 Unfortunately the country is too big for practical travel by train.
@@Cline3911 the whole world race for bullet train, USA is left behind even thou historicaly USA has the massive railtrack in the world.
Even without the need to travel 300+ kph, having less friction is already huge benefit. Also interchangable benefit like how shinkansen can still run on conventional standard gauge albeit slower.
That train looks like it could carry a whole two people!
What that hold 3 grocery bags
Uber Railed
Hey genius remember the horse & buggy days. You probably still have a wall phone in your house, or you still climbing that telegraph pole like Oliver? Let me guess, you think EVs be getting 1000 miles to start
The idea though is that if the technology can be applied to larger maglev trains, it would speed up transportation and improve transport efficiency and speed
@@johnryan8859Damn, they’ve been around since the 1870s and yet they still aren’t getting that range. Be quiet lil bro 🤌
@thatoneultramarine208 what's YOUR problem big dummie?
It might be able to save energy by reducing friction, but it won't be able to travel much faster with existing tracks. It still needs to slow down on curves, same reason as your normal car could go 180 mile per hour but still can't go that fast on curves designed for 45 mph.
At high speeds wind friction exceeds rolling friction by an order of magnitude. This is more useful for low speeds (assuming it is more efficient when scaled up to train size). At high speeds wheel will do the trick just fine... unless you want to go to very high speeds of 500 to 1000 kmh, then bearings become a problem....
what do you know about center of gravity?
They need this done yesterday. I hope this works out. What an incredible idea.
We have to wait and see the iron lev train engine pulling a long heavy train on normal tracks Good luck.
This thing is absolutely incapable of switching tracks
Why?
I was waiting for someone to mention this. There is no way this will be able to run past any sort of junction.
Or crossing a street at street level
@@brucerobb2120the guide to keep it on the track is to low and its on the outside area where there would be the road it would hit at crossing gates
New railroad has to be built to operate high speed train. It’s not just how the high speed train or even maglev can run, it’s more about the gaps, turning curvature, etc.
This work on common tracks. No problems with curvature or gaps etc.
The only issue they need to solve is when the track splits into two: for those like 2 feet, this system would not be compatible as it is.
I’m not sure about maglev, this company is called Ironlev
I think even with crap tracks to run on, this system might have the potential to improve performance significantly over conventional rail: due to the magnetism it has far less friction, can accelerate and brake better, and If there are less/no moving parts all mechanics know there will likely be significantly less maintenance.
These would fly off the first bend, those tracks wouldn't be able to cope with the centrifugal forces.
@@utha2665 you can increase the cant through a curve though.
this won't be necessary in 15-minutes cities...
and outside of them such means of transportation will be needed only for goods/wares or maybe food - so no humans modifications for them will be needed... 🤔🤷♂️
robots won't require such mods..
Wow!! Very nice! Can’t wait to see it become more mainstream travel option! Thanks for sharing!
Nice idea but the problem with our current rail infrastructure is it's old and rough. If we were to replace the tracks with something more suited to the system we might just as well rebuild them into regular high speed lines.
One axle has a stator/ armature. Battery supplies initial movement. Other axle has reverse wired stator to act as an alternator.
Call me back when it’s bigger than a smart car… then call me back again when it’s big, heavy,and doesn’t destroy the old rail system
For this device to levitate it creates as much power draw to cancel out any fuel savings.
It does this because it takes an immense amount of power + weight to levitate the weights of a real train.
It works just fine with this tiny little device without a load on it.. but even then it doesn't give any benefit, and only gives a net increase in energy cost. It also gives a HUGE increase in financial cost.
Our treason government is busy bankrupting us provong which countries their loyal to that isnt usa
A single car is not a train.
They want to fool us with their stalinist brain washing
It's not even a full sized car.
This is a scalable proof of concept.
Yes it is. Wait until it hatches.
And just because you have a brain, it doesn't give you the ability to think.
Human technology advancement is amazing!
They'll have to address how the guides on the inside of the track will interface with the existing switches and grade crossings. It's promising, but still needs refinement. We won't have to upgrade the infrastructure if the train has it's own power supply.
I'm just happy to see that so many other people realize how STUPID it would be to use our current train tracks for such a thing. Our rail system in the US has some very major structural issues that would spell doom for maglev trains, especially when running at the speeds they're intended to. I can appreciate the work these people put into the engineering and such in order to make one work on regular tracks, but I really hope this does not become a reality with a full-size maglev train speeding down anything other than special maglev tracks. It will be expensive, but major accidents and deaths will be far less likely.
You believe those who conceived the project are too stupid to have taken into account your arguments?!
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@@zanzibar301
I agree that our tracks can't handle maglev trains, but I also agree with you. We know nothing about this company or their goals, just what's been told to us by a third party in a CZcams short. Could be nothing more than a proof of concept. At the very least, it provides one more good reason (on top of the mountain of reasons) to update our rail system.
I'm annoyed nobody mentioned yet these things cannot go over switches atleast with this example
@@leoclown83
I don't know enough about rails to get your point.
Normal existing tracks that weren't built for that type of stress. Sweet
There would be less stress and wear since it’s levitating off the track…
How did 22 other people think what you said was smart?
The real criticism is that the tracks aren't built for that precision or speed. There are very few places of maglev could get up to full throttle.
And because the United States has very few parallel tracks, improving the locomotion doesn't really help all that much. We need at least a two-way track system. Otherwise, hurry up and wait, will continue to be the status quo.
@@carllaurent7261 the forces still apply dude… sure there’s less friction, but the speeds alone will add that stress right back to the track… there is no free lunch in physics
@@jtjames79 you do realize you basically agreed with op 🤣🤣🤣
@@Texasplit It's not the tracks that are going to be damaged.
Just because it can run on usual tracks doesn't mean those tracks can handle the forces for extended periods of time.
It's gonna be one hell of a ride on high speed trains in Norway with all the curves, twists and turns. I'll bring a few extra buckets.
👉🏻ONE HUGE PROBLEM👈🏻 These require tracks that are in PRISTINE CONDITION! Very few rail systems are in a condition to support the safe operation of such vehicles… and it would be cost prohibitive to put and keep them that way.
The tracks in America and Canada are mostly owned and maintained by companies dealing with freight. The tracks are often absolutely horrible.
This seems to be mostly geared at countries that already have high-speed rail infrastructure and want to upgrade. I wouldn't expect to see this running on freight rail.
@@kutter_ttl6786 Possibly - but what would be the benefit?
@@frederickwilt5541The tracks can be in poor condition where those see little use. Those that are in constant use are well maintained.
@@billwilson-es5yn Last Sept I traveled across most of Canada on their "first class" passenger service. The tracks were in very poor condition.
America don’t do High Speed. We choose that back in dat 60’s. $132b for SF to LA and they ain’t even half way done. Started 10yrs ago. Useless politicians that are irresponsible when they’re in power, and unaccountable.
We will, we just need to keep funding no matter how much money it takes, it’s mostly just people refusing to fund the project and environment regulations and people seeing the gov that are the problem, set aside tons of money instead of wasting it on roads and the military, change the laws to allow gov to seize property for the common good for free, and cut stupid environmental regulations and it will get done, do this all over the country and economies of scale will make costs cheaper
They should have buried the money and dug it up later for a better return.
@@lincolnhaldorsen5649
Seize property for common good ?
You wouldn’t say that if it’s your property.
Trains between cities don’t work if there is no public transportation system with in the cities.
I think well connected metro is higher priority.
@@gund89123 metro is a priority and so is high speed, but yes, obviously humans are selfish which is why the government must override petty individual squabbles to work for the common good
@@gund89123 having commoners get mad over stupid shit because they’re too selfish to understand. The communal benefit is exactly why these projects cost so much. They start whining and being like “not in my backyard” because of some stupid environmental or private property reasons. That’s why the government just be able to override these types of things when dealing with public infrastructure.
High speed rails need to be either elevated or underground, so that they are not crossing paths with anything else
The finest of Italian engineering skills
Except the rail infrastructure in the U.S. prioritizes cargo over passengers so this would have to be on separate rail lines. It's why most newer passenger rail systems are building new track.
even then building newer iron rails shouldnt be as bad as building special rails.
Good thing this is not an American company then
While a way to use just iron steel as a track would make maglev routes much cheaper than today and therefore competive against airplanes (that have a track cost of 0), it is ridiculous to use train tracks. They are not built for high speed. Too sharp corners, to steep angles. The displayed vehicle is flat because otherwise it would fall of the tracks. But there is a problem if the motor is in the vehicle and not the track: the energy source. Batteries ? Surly not. Induction ? Makes the track more expensive. Overhead lines: there is no ground.
But it doesn't just provide speed. Switching from classic rollers to frictionless maglev will reduce emissions and costs, so long as the system isn't so power-hungry it offsets the benefits
Ya good point I wouldn’t feel safe on that
@@RobBobCornOnTheCobyeah, sounds like a solution Boeing executives would devise
@@rocketmonty9916 aren't most of trains are electric, so it won't change emissions. Not to mention that anything "high-tech" require more maintenance.
@@worldspam5682 not really. Most trains still use diesel locomotives.
Eric Laithwaite would be very proud! That is a FANTASTIC idea!
The turns on the tracks are designed for slow trains, mag lev won't change that, the tracks are still the limiting factor. Not going to take a tight turn at 300 kph and have all the passengers plastered to the wall of the train like bugs.
Existing infrastructure is designed for low speeds. That includes turns.
Not every cointry is the US. It would be the same with a normal high speed rail system anyway. The difference with this is that it can use existing high speed rail tracks.
Yeah, more unexpected train crashes at railroad crossings…
Yep, that will run on normal rail until it runs on rail owned and maintained by a company that prioritizes profit and share holder wealth over the safety of the rail infrastructure and equipment associated. Class 1 RRs are notorious for running their business this way.
New era: trains coming on time or not
Even here in Thailand they have figured out that to run a train at high speeds you have to build a track system that will handle the high speeds. They are a large train track from Singapore to China and the biggest part is in Thailand.
AND NO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS NOT INVOLVED.
When MagLev meets local railroad crossing. Ding ding kkeeerrrrasch! Then it goes airborne at 250mph. Nothing to see here citizen! 😂🎉
It is one thing testing a small prototype; it is another to implement this on a large scale with existing infrastructure.
The sun beating down on these tracks, for hours and hours in hundred degree temperatures, finally hears the satisfying snap of a rail warping in the heat: "Now to wait for the train..."
The issue I suspect that will keep this from going the full stretch will be the onboard power required to get a full train in operation.
Maybe in america, but in Italy and in Europe Is perfectly fine (fun fact ironlev Is a italian company located a Treviso)
@@obihz2415 I understand the tech, but there is an issue no one is pointing out. I'll leave it there I think because I'm not attacking the effort, just the science.
I think the first frog or grade crossing would bring that to a tumbling stop .
Maglev is need-for-speed type transport. So I think it might still benefit from it's own dedicated rails where there are no slow-poke trains..
Now build a million of those and make sure they will never crash into each other or to anything!!!
I don't think they understand how bad our rail system has been neglected. This would be a nightmare
Lol so what happens when you're going maglev speeds and approach a turn rated for only 40mph?
Whether the tech to achieve maglev is possible on normal tracks or not, the max speed will be limited by the path of the track, which would've been laid with conventional speeds in mind. Otherwise you'll have these maglev trains derailing left and right.
I'm sure it won't be able to slow down or anything.... geez guy
@@seekerscovereal It simply won't be practical.
@@seekerscovereal having to constantly slow down whenever there is a curve in the track seriously hampers the usability of these.
Larger trains going at non-maglev speeds can take up to a mile to stop, now consider that the benefit of maglev is that they can go *considerably faster than normal trains.* I.e. tapping the breaks at every curve isn't possible, if they're going anywhere near maglev speeds they'd need to start slowing down miles ahead of time. Maglev trains also have to speed up to their max speed pretty gradually. Additionally, it's not like most legacy tracks only have a curve once every 50 miles, meaning the speed a maglev train on a traditional track will realistically be able to do will be seriously hampered by having to constantly slow down and speed up.
@@frederickwilt5541 Get the feeling your the kind of guys that said Electric cars would never happen
@@seekerscovereal Totally different situation. That said, EVs have a ways to go before they can be a wholesale replacement for gasoline/diesel powered vehicles.
When i was a child i always envisioned the future of where cars would hover and this is a step in that direction. I might see the future soon.
Nice thought, but you do need dedicated rail systems for high speed. You are limited by things like the curve radius. And only passenger trains really need the high speed, and they always take a back seat to freight trains, which earn the real money for a railroad company.
There are many countries that do have dedicated rail for high speed and those rails are in good condition. But this clip only shows the car moving in a straight line. I'd be interest to see how it navigates bends.
What about the German train like this in the late 90s? They said it coud do 160 mph on old tracks.
It is now much faster driving in China 🤨
Yes, Imagine going 300+ kmph on the turns which are made for the trains which run max 130kmph.
"You Have To Transform Infrastructure at some point buddy"
I think even with crap tracks to run on travelling at slower speeds due to track quality, this system might have the potential to improve performance significantly over conventional rail: due to the magnetism it has far less friction, can accelerate and brake better, and If there are less/no moving parts all mechanics know there will likely be significantly less maintenance.
This video looks like a toy train track from someone’s basement 😂😂😂
This is just another useless idea, as long as we can't have a basic maglev train up to par with the shinknsen in the US, this will never happen.
At least makes the ride smoother. As well as no sparks. Maby it can be used for really fragile cargo.
Shinkansen isn’t fast enough for most of America. America is too deserted in most areas. This is an okay idea cuz the train will need to slow down a lot at a curve..
I bet that the train is a 1st phase experiment.
You will see why.
Nah it’s not useless. Maglev typically is faster than conventional high speed rail but the issue was always how you couldn’t send a maglev train on a slow line like how a high speed train can go on the slow lines to get to its last destination. So if this actually has benefits it might work. Innovation is good as long it does what we need.
Your right it would cost over $160 billion dollars.. that’s more than all the US tax payer money that’s been given to Ukraine
Standard tracks have a speed limit.
Flatness is an issue, when doing high speed.
We won’t even start on gradients in corners etc.
Very few standard tracks would be able to accommodate this technology.
Current tracks got through areas that can never support high speed. Current trains have to slow down.
Everybody gangster until there’s a slight bend in the track
Ideally you would want a better conductor for this like aluminum. Ideally a superconductir. A poor conductor like steel would transfer a lot of the energy into heat, even aluminum has a tendency to melt the aluminum when doing this (of course some of that is because of the low melting point of aluminum). What is more interesting would be the Inductrak system where passive halbsch arrays of permanent magnets are used and it's the velocity of passing over the rails that generates the AC fields required for inductive levitation. The inductrak system is passibe as the magnets need not be powered but you first have to attain speed before you levitate so takeoff and landing wheels are required.
Ideally sure but it's *very* expensive to build new railroads with all that, this train is showing how to use stuff that's already been built.
@@cr4zyj4ck Except it's not scalable as the heat produced with a full scale unit will likely melt the steel tracks as steel is a relatively poor conductor so a lot of energy would be turned to heat. Even aluminum which is used in current eddy induction levitation devices such as roller coaster, and in linear motors such as used in some advanced elevators and the Vectrus PRT, there's the danger of melting the aluminum inductive ladder (ladder or coils would be more efficient than rails as conduction would be forced to be perpendicular to direction of travel, which is also why the inductive squirrel cage in an inductive motor is a cage). The only advantage of using the steel rails would be that they are already deployed, however the small model size tells me this is just promotion for funding regardless of the probability of achieving a functional system. I would want to see if whomever demonstrated this model ever had a commercially successful project before even considering if it could be scaled up which I seriously doubt it could simply due to the conductive properties of steel.
There's a reason why we're still looking for high temperature super conductors to do this and that is the energy loss produces a lot of heat. There are CZcams videos of metals (usually aluminum) being melted while being magnetically levitated...
I would consider an inductrack PRR system worth investing in as the light weight of PRT vehicles makes the aluminum rails less expensive to install as they won't have to support as much weight (aluminum is a lot more common than iron but does take more energy to smelt) but this reuse of existing steel rails for magnetic levitated trains shouts funding request scam to me. Sure it can be done on the scale of what they show (a small light weight vehicle) and they are hardly the first to do this with steel conductors but the concept is one that has already been discounted perhaps a century ago.
@@cr4zyj4ckI cannot switch tracks and has a weight issue on steep grades. Also induced eddy fields at stall or park is detrimental to current tracks
Worth looking into. Ten years ago the cost to build mag lev was about $1B per mile. A small fraction of that would upgrade existing track.
I once saw something like this in Japan, where permanent magnets are arranged in a Halbach array to rotate.
If it is in US, expect a headline in the news saying its inventor died from accident; company/lab went bankrupt, etc. anytime soon.
Absolutely the truth.
Made in Italy
@rockessence hes too stupid to look up facts before going the conspiracy route.
This has still literslly never happened.
This is not a train. It is a single vehicle.
It is no more a train than a single wagon is a 'wagon train'. Or is a single camel a 'camel train'.
This is a train, a camel train:
🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪 🐫 🐪
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The subject of the video is a rail vehicle.
And it requires batteries to operate. They will need a power source, which requires modification to current track systems for that alone.
Maglev trains need special tracks. A Maglev train on normal rails can only go as fast as a normal train on normal rails.
It has one thing going for it. Zoning and land procurement for rail infrastructure is so difficult in the US, it dooms projects from the start. Utilitizing existing infrastructure might be the only choice we are left with.
Perhaps, it could serve as a pilot project for shorter routes.
I came to the comments because I saw no value in that thing and wanted to see what others thought. Well so far people agree with me. Besides we have some of the worse railways in the world. Derailments happen far too often.
It’s just the classic multimillionaire mindset trying to invent the train, in a stupid way. Build more tracks for existing train? No, no. Build stupid inefficient transportations for existing tracks.
In the world? Nah. Not even the worst in the western hemisphere, lol. Look at the tracks in India and former ussr block steppe countries to see worst in the world
@@davidabest7195 still, they are bad though but thanks for the information
@veronicascott313 it's time for to drop that cell phone and park that SUV & go back to that horse & buggy and stop looking to the future
Funny I just saw a short story on the Wright Brothers and the start of aviation
Cool. Instead of heavy rail there can be many light small cars. Since they aren't touching the tracks there is less wear. Eventually, curved sections can be tilted for higher sustained speeds. Covered rails would prevent ice and snow and animals from interfering with the track though an inspection system would be needed, nonetheless.
We have to have them in the USA 🇺🇸
We’ve been waiting for this thank you👍🏾
Fun fact: the demo shown is a MINIATURE MODEL and this technology has never been tested on full scale and will most likely never will for another decade.
In fact this was originally made by a Japanese CZcamsr as an experiment to see if maglevs can be made using miniature railways. The CZcamsr was able to make it go relatively fast for a miniature train but was very unstable and often derailed after a while, also causing damage along the train tracks.
They will still need to replace some of the rails throughout the main lines. Still much cheaper than building all new rail lines.
This is incredible technology, however it will still require a solid rail bed meaning proper maintenance of trackage is still required. But still much less expensive than dedicated right of ways that existing Maglev require.
High speed trains require a different infrastructure. Normal rails expand and retract wit temperatures, causing deformations, significantly increasing the risk of derailment the faster you go.
Put a narrow monorail on each track and you have two-way service.
I can only imagine what the people on the road driving must think this is.
Now build a million of those and use it to deliver everything!! including the kitchen sink!!
Problem is that high-speed train needs straight path and existing train rails are not built like that. They will need to slowdown everytime they come to corner.
Good idea though.
Ah yes, the train tracks that are designed for normal speed trains to slow down on curves will be able to support maglev, great thinking, just remember to never take a single curve of track.
I really want to see this thing in its current format go over a standard switch
guess it will wedge itself solidly onto that curving outside rail
Just one slight problem... scaling this up to a full size, usable train.
Even if you could supply the kind of power required ed, wouldn't it heat up the rail head to where it loses its magnetic properties?
Airlines will lobby to shut it down like they always do. We could have had rail systems like this ages ago.