The BR Flying saucer

[jnjkerbin]

Just found this and...well, you'll see.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1082463.ece:hehe:
Very Peculiar

 

[4ndylloyd]

Wow...not sure what BR were thinking when they ventured down this path. Perhaps this story explains this ?? http://www.rense.com/general71/train.htm :hehe:

Andy

 

[sawyer811]

Now that, my friends, is ingenuity. Nothing a good black 5 or a 9F couldn't do, though:hehe:

 

[jnjkerbin]

A controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction is ignited by one or more pulsed laser beams produced by lasers and reflected or focused on to a central reaction zone on the underside of the platform

Now that sounds scary
Joe

 

[bl4882]

Did you make this up? If so, great job.:hehe: If not, I feel compelled to stop criticizing AMTRAK.

Bernie

 

[F2Andy]

From the linked article:

Passengers on the new Pendolino trains on the West Coast mainline achieve simulated gravity by the simple application of electricity from the overhead wires, which on the whole does not even spill their gins.

What does that mean? I had no idea Pendolinos had artificial gravity.