> There used to be a MagLev train at Birmingham International

A little bit of its history

http://www.bhx.co.uk/page.aspx?type=T0NaZj9WNoU=&id=5sqdhXe0N48=

Have to Copy/Paste

(how do you post a link like that without dropping the "=" ?)

And according to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_train

"It was in operation for nearly eleven years, but obsolescence
problems with the electronic systems made it unreliable in its
later years"

"Alleged theft of maglev technology"

"In a serious incident in December 2004, Chinese engineers
entered into the Transrapid maintenance room in the middle
of the night in Shanghai, took measurements of the train, and
even filmed the whole incident, according to the German
Economic Weekly, Wirtschaftswoche. Wirtschaftswoche
further speculated that it was a case of Transrapid technology
theft"

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