On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:15:21 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> 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.

Its being tried again: think Musk and the Hyperloop.



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