Magnetic Levitation Trains
"Magnetic Levitation Trains, why should they be implemented in the United States?" Whenever individuals talk about trains, a few ideas pop into one’s mind. These include the railway tracks that provide runways for the wheels, the noise associated with them and the long heavy carriages that they pull. Utilizing the words ‘Magnetic Levitation’ in relation to trains may seem like a peculiar idea. Why? Levitation can be described as the act of raising an object upward in relation with its lightness. Trains are known to be heavy. Magnetic levitation, which is also known as Maglev, is a rail technology that utilizes a special magnetized railway track to suspend a train on a magnetic cushion so that it can move freely
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The alternating current induces a shifting magnetic field, which creates different temporary poles at timed intervals. Due to the positioning of the semiconducting magnets and creation of the different electromagnetic forces, the like pole tend to push while the unlike poles attract, therefore, causing motion in the direction dictated by the alternating current (Funk and Getsla, 2006).
Adoption of this technology in the United States of America would change the railway transportation system forever. Firstly, the Maglev trains do not produce any noise. This is because the technology does not incorporate wheels, bearings, axles and the metallic railway track (Livingston, 2011). The train is propelled by and kept on the guide way by the well-coordinated magnetic forces acting within the semiconducting magnet and the coils. This means that the noise pollution caused by trains as they move from town to town would be eliminated (McMahon and Mora, 2010).
Secondly, this technology does not cause any friction between the train and the track, therefore, allowing for smooth rides. As the train floats on the track, the friction and the unevenness of the conventional track are eliminated (Shadbolt, 2013).. This facilitates individuals to carry out various activities such as reading and working in a comfortable manner compared to the conventional trains. Adopting this technology will provide more comfort in the public transportation sector. Numerous services for
The current has a positive charge in one side of the coil and it transforms to negative when it gets to the other side of the coil. This charge controls the magnetic field, making the like charges repeal and the opposite charges attract.
The construct of the Transcontinental railroad began in 1863 and ended in 1869. After it was complete people used it very much to travel across the country and people still it today to travel to places. People offend only believe the railroad was one of the most amazing that happen to our country and it only caused great things to happen. However, this is not all true. The railroad did cause great things like it helped increase westward expansion in the United States of America but it also caused a lot of horrible things like causing the removal of many Native American tribes in the west. So, after the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, there were positives effect but also negative effects that occur in the US.
Established in 1842, the US House & Senate Committees have looked back at the railroad and used it to advance the ways and means of transporting goods, supplies, mail, and people. Look at what it has done; it has served as an artery, moving what is needed throughout the entire nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific. From giving jobs to those minority groups and once former slaves after the Civil War, throwing the stock market and economy left and right, assisting Abraham Lincoln in winning elections and also winning the Civil War, helping rebuild the South and the nation’s economy from the bottom up during the reconstruction era, taming the Wild West (which has a major direct influence on the American Government System), serving as one of the best ways of getting mail to citizens across the US, and expanding intercontinental trade to have its own manifest destiny. This railroad had a significant affect in the growth of this nation and its government. It’s relationship and way it impacts the government is a result from multiple chain reactions that originated from the 1860s, 70s, 80s, etc. and I strongly believe, after all of my research, that our nations governmental system would be many decades behind if it wasn’t for the transcontinental
ground, so it accelerates. If the track tilts up, gravity applies a downward force on the back of the
Larry Page once said, “Especially in technology, [we] need revolutionary change, not incremental change.” Whether he is speaking about the Transcontinental Railroad system or the latest iPhone, what he says is true. If change is going to happen, it needs to bring a revolution of some kind along with it, otherwise, it will just become lost in history. This makes us wonder, how did the railroad system affect the US? The railroad system benefited the US most economically by industrializing towns it ran through, lowering shipping costs, and allowing for mass imports and exports.
I see the many benefits that this railroad brings; I can see why you introduced the bill. The benefits are great. It would be easier to get supplies, and selling commodities would be very easy and inexpensive. My wife’s family from New York can come and visit, the many benefits the transcontinental railroads brings, I agree with you that much.
Its social and economic impacts dwell greatly in the 1800’s to the era of 2000’s as trains have always turned America into something greater in those times where travel and transport were at its hardest, but in 1862 congress passed a bill in which it would forge new history all together with the Pacific Railroad Bill and several grants that allowed financial support for Railroad companies primarily Central Pacific
Socially these railroads would make the large country of America seem smaller because you could now get across the country in much less time by just taking a train from point A to point B.
By the middle of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution was changing the face and culture of the United States. Demand for raw materials and new inventions was increasing. From 1800-1850, territories claimed by the United States had grown to stretch from the East Coast to the West Coast. The spirit of “Manifest Destiny”, the California Gold Rush, and the promise of rich new land, ripe with raw materials and opportunity drew settlers ever westward. Following the invention of the steam engine, trains were becoming very important to the expansion of civilization and its infrastructure. Trains and the railroads they ran on soon became the lifeblood of industrialized economic development across the country. Public and private partnerships were formed with railroad companies to provide them with vast amounts of investment funding. Within a few decades, the railroad companies and their transcontinental railroads ushered in the Gilded Age and changed American society forever.
By 1861, tracks were installed throughout the northern and southern states to increase production wealth. What many Southerners don't realize the full potential of the rail system during the Civil War. The South had always been less enthusiastic about the railroad industry than the North; its citizens preferred an agrarian living and left the mechanical jobs to men from the Northern states. The railroads existed, they believed, solely to get cotton to the ports (Civilwar.org). With lack of care to the rail systems in the South, train tracks soon started to deteriorate which made traveling unsafe and hazardous to many train conductors and passengers that travel
One social effect of the Transcontinental Railroad was the new opportunity of travel for middle-class Americans. Riding the train wasn’t just for the rich; average people were subject to marketing campaigns as well (Doc G). The Transcontinental Railroad was a safer, quicker, and fairly inexpensive alternative to previous modes of transportation. This opened the door of travel to many more people, reorganizing the social structure of the U.S. as it allowed families to move apart and yet stay connected.
The first reason the railroad helped the united states more economically than anything is because it helped us import and export things easier. In Doc F, there was 329 million tons of exported goods by rail and 171 million tons of imported goods by rail in 2014. This shows that the railroad made more money than ever before and without it our economy would be nothing. It would’ve never gotten started and the United States would be a lot different today. The Transcontinental
Railroads became extremely popular in America in the 1800’s. The railroad industry itself began to boom; it was supported by its reputation for speed and efficiency. But, along with the booming industry of railroads came the strong debate that
Often, when people think of the functions of trains, they simply view them as modes of transportation. In
High-speed electric trains today are extremely fast, but they are mostly used in Europe and other places, like Japan. Future trains in America, and around the world, could have a more futuristic look to them. A man named Elon Musk proposed the idea of a “vac-train” after he “revived an