High Speed Rail

I'm glad more people are talking about high speed rail. I have been interested in Mag levs and Mono Rails for quite some time. It is said that we can't build a line for under $50 Million a mile. Probably right since companies want too much money to do anything now a days. We have spiraled out of control with the cost of things in this world. There is no reason for if out side of greed.

We need to get ahead on technology and start producing things again. MIT had a contest for a modeller to build an 8ft working model of a Mag Lev. Whether it be out of Neodymium magnets or coil controlled electrics. It was worth $20,000 to the winner. I don't know what came of it. That would have been fun to try and build. We have a reseller of Neo mags here in Portland. They are very expensive when you need a couple hundred. I wonder if the mini race car motors that are at http://www.tammieshobbies.com/ would work as a controller to push and pull the train along the track?

Maybe we could start a discussion on how to make a model with the least cost and the best technology. Is that possible?