Las Vegas-California maglev plan revived.(magnetic-levitation train)(Brief Article) From: Railway Age | Date: March 1, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A new company, Maglev Transportation Corp. (MTC), has been formed in Las Vegas and says it intends "to be the first to own and operate the world's fastest commercially viable train, the Transrapid, on an American route." The proposed magnetic-levitation trains would eventually link Las Vegas with southern California.

The president of MTC is Joseph Vranich, former head of the American High Speed Rail/Maglev Association and author of the book, Supertrains: Solutions to America...

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