Engineers and Scientists Love Magnetrain

In 1984, my husband Mike and I joined the Magnetrain bandwagon. For the past 25 years we have pursued funding for this breakthrough in Technology from Washington to the private sector to possible foreign investment. We met scientist and engineers at all levels and once they saw the plan and the vision of the Magnetrain they were all very encouraging and in fact we were able to win two of the world's greatest magnetics scientists as endorsers of the Magnetrain, Mr. Rollin Parker and Dr. Klaus Kronenberg.

In the past 25 years, we have also watched American companies and the DOT pour in millions of dollars into systems that "work" but are not feasible for a national transportation system. And at the same time, we waited patiently for the German maglev system to find it's first customer so that what Mr. Roy Vinson had already predicted in 1984 would finally be confirmed, that the electro-magnetic system is not feasible, is too expensive, requires too much maintenance and cannot replace conventional transportation on a national basis -- that customer was the Shanghai
Maglev Train.

To this day, only two electro-magnetic systems are running, one in Shanghai for a short run from the airport to the city and one in German, on a test track that recently made headlines due to a very tragic miscalculation when a fully loaded occupied train of visitors hit a maintenance vehicle.

So what is the solution? Finally in 2009, perhaps this is the year that the Magnetrain will get the recognition it deserves publically as a maglev system that should be given the investment to be developed.

This system is elevated and it is not a monorail. It can be built over existing right of ways, uneven terrain, at grades up to 30%, and does not require the "exclusiveness" of track and roadbed as other maglevs.

It is a dream come true and for the past 25 years dreamers have held on to the vision that someday, this system will be built and put on display for the world.

So stay tuned. The folks on mainstreet can easily understand the system. The engineers are excited about the systems. The scientists who are not committed to other systems are excited. The government will not fund existing maglevs because they don't believe maglevs are a good investment. Once the Magnetrain builds its prototype and two man model, we believe we can change Washington's heart!

No more choo-choo train... Hello Magnetrain!!