[ale] OT: Maglev funding?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Robert Reese~ wrote:
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>> If you're talking about a system like the WDW WedWay PeopleMover -
>> that was based on a linear induction motor that didn't have moving
>> parts at all.  It's just nontrivial getting power properly
>> sequenced all the way up and down the track.
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> I wasn't aware the Orlando People Mover was different than the Anaheim People 
> Mover.  The WDW People Mover with its linear induction motor makes it to be a 
> miniature maglev.
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WDW's WedWay Peoplemover (it's no longer called that but that's the name 
it ran under the longest) is not a maglev.  It's a wheeled train pulled 
along by a LIM.  You can look it up to be sure, but I think its wheels 
run on a flat surface on the RoW but it's guided by rails; I'm not sure 
if the regularly spaced objects in the middle of the RoW are permanent 
magnets or switched coils.