One country that never saw a dramatic drop in train usage is China. Today, the Shanghai Maglev Train is the world’s fastest commercial train, capable of speeds up to 267 MPH. Its futuristic technology allows it to glide along the rails through the modern marvel of magnetic levitation.

Oct 17, 2023 · Inspired by NASA's "worm" logo of the 1970s, the bold, retro-futuristic design of the Laser Train wrap was a collaborative effort between Metro-North's operations, safety and asset management teams. It features illustrations of leaves commonly found throughout Metro-North's vast service area in temperate deciduous forests commonly found in the ...

Apr 15, 2022 · “The Train of Tomorrow” was called the Mercury Train, an iron titan that challenged the railway industry between the 1930s and 60s in the United States

Jun 20, 2018 · The iconic 20th Century Limited, the New York Central Railroad streamlined train is just about to leave Chicago. A picture of the ‘Flying Yankee’ as featured in Popular Mechanics in April 1935. Photograph of one of the two steam turbine locomotives built by General Electric for the Union Pacific Railroad.

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Oct 18, 2023 · A maintenance car featuring new "retro-futuristic" wrapping is pulled by a Connecticut Department of Transportation locomotive. The new-look trains are equipped with lasers that zap leafy residue accumulating along the …

May 30, 2020 · Let’s take a deep dive into retro-futuristic ideas, machines, and concepts from the past that were once dreamed up as a solution for the future — our present. 1. The 1983 Steinwinter ...

A fragment of futuristic train (possibly Russian in origin... similar to some Luigi Colani's designs): (image credit: Marcin Jakubowski) Soviet monorail trains - and American cars? - on the cover of Communist scientific magazine from the 1960s: Russian designers did indeed dream about American cars at the time, here is proof (below left).

Sep 25, 2013 · Perhaps his most unusual design is the Seven Stars deluxe sleeper train, a seven-coach touring car that goes into service next month, taking passengers on a four-day land cruise around the seven prefectures of Kyushu.

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