The future of transportation lies with the Magnetically Levitated, or "MagLev," train. It combines all the benefits of an airplane and the benefits of trains to produce a "Flying Train" (2)
"MagLev technology was pioneered on Long Island New York in the 1960's by two Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists, James Powell and Gordon Danby... who used super conducting magnets for MagLev trains (9)." It is a project that has since been dropped by the US due to lack of government funding. However, it is a technology that is almost at the point of commercial use in Germany and Japan (the 2 major testing facilities) (4).
There are 2 main types of levitation and propulsion which I will explain in this essay, (EMS) Electromagnetic Suspension and ( EDS) Electrodynamic Suspension. …
