FRA teams with Air Force to maglev. (latest developments in the Federal Railroad Admin and US Dept of Transportation's collaboration in building high speed rail passenger systems)(Brief Article)

From: Railway Age | Date: December 1, 1995 | Copyright information

Even though there is little or no public or private money available to build high speed rail passenger systems, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration continue to plug away. The latest developments:

--FRA and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement to develop maglev technologies for use in missile defense warhead testing and high speed ground transportation.

--DOT-FRA and agencies of the French Republic signed a three-year agreement for a "project arrangement" designed to faciltate cooperation on development of very-high-speed rail systems, ...

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