Yes, no need to look back at present gauge width; this type of new transport is a new start and thus can and should be 100% SI. I remember something very nasty in the seventies in France; it nearly made me sick. They were developing the Aerotrain, driven by propellers and piston engines, later by turboprops. In a magazine I read that a group of journalists, among them were British, made a ride on a turboprop driven Aerotrain. They were astonished to see that speed was in miles per hour! And all other instrumentation will have been in ifp as well I think. Why, why why, I asked myself, and this in France, the cradle of the metric system!!! This disgusting ifp goonery by Frenchmen did not pay; the Aerotrain was a failure in the end. Maybe these were aviation people, whose brains were geared to ifp and who attempted to take the infection from the air to the ground or they were just bootlickers who were trying to make a good impression on English speaking people (just like the Maporama people were). Today's new transport systems are SI, I am sure, apart from inch-based electronic racks until the new metric racks take over. They should do so, as they are smaller, and that should be a big advantage.
I wish everybody the best in 2003 and may it bring the victory for SI nearer, Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-12-31 20:53 Subject: [USMA:24291] Re: AW: Gauge Width : Maglev > The width of the magnetically levitated train built in > Shanghai, China by Transrapid Company of Germany has a > gauge width of 2.8 m (a round figure). This should be > followed as a worldwide standard. > > I hope atleast this type of transport uses 100 % SI in > the future. > > Happy New Year. > > Madan > --- Transrapid International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Dear Madan! > > > > Thank you for your interest in the superspeed > > Transrapid maglev system. > > > > The track gauge is 2.8 m, the guideway pitch depends > > on the speed of the > > trains (< 300 km/h: 4.4 m, < 400 km/h: 4.8 m, < 500 > > km/h: 5.1 m). > > > > We also put these information in the FAQ (you were > > the first one to ask). > > > > Thanks for your suggestion. > > > > Mit freundlichen Gru?en > > With kind regards > > __________________ > > > > Transrapid International > > Pascalstr. 10F > > D - 10 587 Berlin > > > > Diese E-Mail enthalt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich > > geschutzte > > Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat > > sind oder diese E-Mail > > irrtumlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte > > sofort den Absender und > > vernichten Sie diese Mail. Die Kenntnisnahme des > > Inhaltes, das unerlaubte > > Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail > > ist nicht gestattet. > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or > > privileged information. If you > > are not the intended recipient (or have received > > this e-mail in error) > > please notify the sender immediately and destroy > > this e-mail. Any review, > > unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of > > the material in this > > e-mail is strictly forbidden. > > > > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > > Von: M R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Montag, 30. Dezember 2002 15:20 > > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Gauge Width > > > > > > Hi > > > > What is the width of the gauge (ie) width between 2 > > rails. > > > > Normally it is 1.44 m for the standard gauge. It > > will > > be better if you can post this information in the > > FAQ. > > > > Madan > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >
