Magnetic train crashes on test run, people killed

[ZeoBandit]

Magnetic train crashes on test run
POSTED: 7:18 a.m. EDT, September 22, 2006

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- An elevated Transrapid train carrying around 30 people has crashed on a test run in northern Germany, killing some passengers, authorities said on Friday.

"There were fatalities, we don't know how many yet," said Dieter Sturm, a spokesman for the administrative district of Emsland in northwest Germany.

He said the train had collided with an object on the track while travelling at a speed of at least 200 km/h (120 mph) and that several passengers had been seriously injured.

The Transrapid is a high-speed system which uses magnetic levitation on a special track. The only operational use of the system is as a high speed shuttle to Shanghai airport from the city centre. The site in Emsland is a test facility.

The maglev system was developed by Transrapid International, a joint venture between Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp.

[chefcraig]

If this thing won't work in Europe, using exacting Germanic standards, imagine the cluster-fuck this would be in the U.S.

You'd have slack-jawed jackasses trying to derail the thing with nickels while guzzling beer, or trying to run wires off of it to power their trailers.

"What was the last thing the redneck said? Hey y'all, watch this ".

[cyberfiddl]

If this thing won't work in Europe, using exacting Germanic standards, imagine the cluster-fuck this would be in the U.S.

You'd have slack-jawed jackasses trying to derail the thing with nickels while guzzling beer, or trying to run wires off of it to power their trailers.

"What was the last thing the redneck said? Hey y'all, watch this ".

Feeling like a little America-bashing today? Come on, we're not ALL bad! I mean, really...we gave the world The Clapper.

[chefcraig]

Feeling like a little America-bashing today? Come on, we're not ALL bad! I mean, really...we gave the world The Clapper.

Trust me...I'm living in dim-bulbed, redneck central. Some of my neighbors have 4-5 teeth...in the entire family.

[TheArchitect]

Magnetic train crashes on test run
POSTED: 7:18 a.m. EDT, September 22, 2006

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- An elevated Transrapid train carrying around 30 people has crashed on a test run in northern Germany, killing some passengers, authorities said on Friday.

"There were fatalities, we don't know how many yet," said Dieter Sturm, a spokesman for the administrative district of Emsland in northwest Germany.

He said the train had collided with an object on the track while travelling at a speed of at least 200 km/h (120 mph) and that several passengers had been seriously injured.

The Transrapid is a high-speed system which uses magnetic levitation on a special track. The only operational use of the system is as a high speed shuttle to Shanghai airport from the city centre. The site in Emsland is a test facility.

The maglev system was developed by Transrapid International, a joint venture between Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp.

What the hell were 30 passengers doing on the train for a test run? Something is not right with this story

[twonabomber]

we have Siemens-built automated vehicles at work...i'm stayin' far away from those little fuckers now.

[Viking]

Trust me...I'm living in dim-bulbed, redneck central. Some of my neighbors have 4-5 teeth...in the entire family.

Are you sure you're in Florida and not southeast Kansas?

One of the ways to tell if a woman is a meth-head around here is if she has more kids in the bar with her than she has teeth.