Train That Never Has to Stop

[Duncan]

Did anyone post a link to this yet?

It's a Japanese idea for a train that never has to stop. The video is in Japanese (I think) but you can understand the concept just by watching. Don't think we'll be building any of these in the U.S. but it's a pretty wild idea:

http://planningpool.com/2010/06/transportation/weekly-vid-india-china-commuter-trains/

[Andrew]

Did anyone post a link to this yet?

It's a Japanese idea for a train that never has to stop. The video is in Japanese (I think) but you can understand the concept just by watching. Don't think we'll be building any of these in the U.S. but it's a pretty wild idea:

http://planningpool.com/2010/06/transportation/weekly-vid-india-china-commuter-trains/

It's Chinese, though to me it seems like a Railway Post Office mail hook meets a slip carriage. Bad timing and you'll have a guillotine!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_post_office

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_coach

In transit, Andrew

[fugeguy]

Good concept.

Train would have to slow to keep the g's reasonable but it would still cut the load/ unload cycle down a lot.

[Cedar]

I remember the plane that would never land proposed in popular science in the 1960… how’s that coming?