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from the train's-future-is-"up-in-the-air" dept.
Germany is auctioning off a maglev train that officials once hoped would speed up transport at home and become a major export success.
The Transrapid train is on show Tuesday and Wednesday to would-be buyers at a former test track in northwestern Germany, near the Dutch border. Bidding closes on Oct. 25.
The government hasn't set a minimum bid price for the train, a prototype built in 2007 for an abandoned high-speed maglev link project that would have linked Munich with its airport.
A Transrapid line went into operation between Shanghai and its airport, but various proposals for links in Germany flopped.
In 2006, 23 people were killed when a maglev train crashed with a maintenance vehicle on the German test track. The track hasn't been used since 2011.
Sad news for maglev fans.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday October 12 2016, @07:04PM
I'd like mine air dropped across all lanes of the 405.
I'll take aerial pictures of the resultant mess and title them "that's what happens when you don't support public transport, fuckers! :)"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 12 2016, @07:12PM
I want a "futile" mod.
For anyone outside USA, the 405 is a major highway in Los Angeles that is usually clogged.
(Score: 3, Touché) by bob_super on Wednesday October 12 2016, @07:19PM
We'd need too many extra mod points, since just about everything we say in our tiny corner of the web is futile.
Yes, the 405 is that free parking lot with multiple entrances and exits which is almost as iconic of LA as the airport and the Hollywood sign.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 12 2016, @07:22PM
Free? Obviously you've never tried to tailgate with some beers at 5 :P