[ale] OT: Maglev funding?

[tom]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, tom wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, JK wrote:
>
>> Robert Reese~ wrote:
>>
>>> And FWIW, there's no need to turn a monorail around.  It is bidirectional. ;c)
>>
>>
>> Heavy-rail locomotives typically are, also, yes?
>>
> Light rail, street cars, commuter rail are all bidirectional in my limited
> experience. Heavy rail locomotives are also, and work equally well at
> either end of the train at lower speeds (never been on one at high speed)

I _hate_ responding to myself. I should have noted that the times I've 
been on a heavy rail train being pushed, they had somebody sitting up 
front with a radio. The hardware works fine, but the visibility is 
insanely limited from in back.