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Of course, it really shines when considering intercontinental routes in evacuated tubes. Maglev systems can then beat supersonic jets by a wide margin.

Could you bring more on that? I have the faint memory of there being some upper limit to maglev speed, which is under that of pneumatic tube railway, but maybe it was only due to air drag.

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by DoDo on Thu Sep 28th, 2006 at 03:55:13 AM EST
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