Until recently, “Maglev” trains were being considered for passenger service between Washington D.C. and Baltimore and eventually between Washington D.C. and New York City.
Unlike traditional passenger trains with locomotives pulling steel-wheeled cars on steel tracks, Maglev trains use a powerful combination of electromagnets and levitation.
As a result, Maglev trains can run at top speeds between 250 and 300 miles per hour. That is significantly faster than Amtrak’s soon to be launched NextGen Acela, a high-speed passenger train between Washington, D.C. and Boston with top speeds of up 160 miles per hour…