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This is back in the news again. Via SNAFU -
Reminds me of a few projects from the 1920s and 1930s. Also, McDonnell Douglas had a project around the early 1990s for cargo, likely inspired by a Japanese project begun in the 1980s.
Original promotional CGI video from 2018 (looks pretty much the same as the clip from RT):
A couple of (understandably sceptical) news pieces on it from the time:
www.newsweek.com
www.nbcnews.com
Reminds me of a few projects from the 1920s and 1930s. Also, McDonnell Douglas had a project around the early 1990s for cargo, likely inspired by a Japanese project begun in the 1980s.
Original promotional CGI video from 2018 (looks pretty much the same as the clip from RT):
A couple of (understandably sceptical) news pieces on it from the time:

A flying train that travels up to 400 miles per hour is unlikely to take flight
The proposed train could carry up to 2,000 passengers while suspended above a magnetic rail.


Look! Up in the sky! It's ... a 400-mph train!
A Russian engineer offers up his vision for a high-speed train that flies between stations.
