On 2018-04-17, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
 wrote:

> On 17/04/2018 17:17, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
>> Trains in a vacuum tunnel over long distances do not seem a good idea to me.
>
> Didn't work for Brunel on the South Devon Atmospheric Railway!

I first saw the idea in a Scientific American article about 30 years ago.

But all it needs is a sufficiently persuasive politician looking
to build a monument to himself; that's what taxpayers are for.
It'll probably happen eventually.

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