[fooman]

If you had a way to move people efficiently from richmond to springfield to DC to BWI to Balt to DEl to philly to nyc to conn, RI then boston, you would revolutionalize things.

You already have people commmute from philly to nyc in 1 to 1.5 hours. With a train like this, we are talking 30 min or less.

It would be a boon economically. Remember the NE corridor is the only part of amtrack that makes a profit.

In fact, these prices subsidize other parts of the network.

[Willie Green]

Furthermore, Maglev would not have been paralyzed by harsh weather, such as was exerienced during the recent blizzard. Travelling on its own elevated guideway, it would've been well above any drifting snow. And the guideway itself is designed to dissipate any snow/ice accumulation: it would simply blow and/or slide off and drop to the ground, keeping the guideway clear. (Maglev vehicles travel about 6" above the guideway anyway, so what little may accumulate would not interfere with operation, and would also be blown away by passing Maglev vehicles.)

[KevinDavis]

Sorry Trains are so 20th century.. Doesn't excite me at all..