HIGH SPEED RACE HEATS UP

Steel wheel trains like France's TGV, Sweden's FasTrain, and Germany's ICE, remain the odds-on favorites in long-distance corridors where planning is most advanced. But maglev is coming on fast as a challenger, with test installations now planned in Florida and Pennsylvania.

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• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 191
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; High speed rail; Magnetic levitation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495361
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM