50 years ago, a Japanese scientist dreamed up a rocket-propelled train
Excerpt from the July 6, 1968, issue of Science News
BUILT FOR SPEED Superconducting magnetic-levitation trains in Japan smashed a world speed record in 2015 in a test run.
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Next in speedy trains
Future trains, in [Hisanojo] Ozawa’s opinion, will all be powered by rockets and run over rollers instead of rails….