Last week it was announced that the money is finally in place for proceeding with an Atlanta-to-Chattanooga magnetic levitation line.

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Imagine travelling from Miami, Florida to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and changing in Atlanta from a steel-wheeled fast train to a magnetic levitation one.

BBC: The futurist: Putting the choo-choo back in Chattanooga

And ride the Maglev, the ultra high-speed magnetic levitation train.

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The Siemens AG (SI) built Shanghai magnetic levitation train can reach top speeds of 267 miles per hour, according to passengers who have traveled on the Shanghai Maglev.

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Magnetic levitation technology, which currently powers high speed trains in places like Japan and Europe, could potentially be used to build a railroad capable of launching material into space, according to a report by Gizmag.

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Grand plans for European-style double-decker trains were rejected as impractical, as were schemes for a high-speed rail route (run, in the wildest of dreams, on magnetic-levitation technology) connecting London to the north.

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