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list o

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defi

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appl

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cien

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spec

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adva

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puti

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dust

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lf-pr

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of g

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pass

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rs.

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col

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t mea

ns u

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sci

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and

tech

nolo

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take

car

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our

env

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men

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at a

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s ye

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whi

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n ob

ject

is s

uspe

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wit

h no

sup

port

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an m

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field

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neti

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eff

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of g

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forc

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hysi

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by th

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ele

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arge

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ulti

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at

trac

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and

rep

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wee

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MA

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V.CO

M //

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AG

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23

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Act

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ns.

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vity

ins

truc

tion

s. A

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inst

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ions

. Ac

tivi

ty i

nstr

ucti

ons.

Act

ivit

y in

stru

ctio

ns.

Acti

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in

stru

ctio

ns.

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

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AG

LEV

23

Answ

ers

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MA

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V.CO

M //

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ture

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frie

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thos

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bef

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us -

plan

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nim

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and

all

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NO

RTH

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MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

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ORT

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STM

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elp

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trai

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ST

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find

you

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o th

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win

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line

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roug

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ains

tra

vel o

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trai

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trac

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whi

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y ca

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fast

! A M

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wou

ld ju

st g

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r un

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thi

s cr

azy

maz

e! S

ee p

age

25 fo

r th

e A

nsw

er K

ey t

o th

is a

ctiv

ity!

STA

RTFI

NIS

H

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

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STM

AG

LEV

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a h

azy

past

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ve o

ur h

isto

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abou

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lev

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tim

e, b

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wou

ld a

lso

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mis

sion

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at a

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met

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we

neve

r th

ough

t pos

sibl

e in

the

past

.

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RTH

EAST

MA

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V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

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STM

AG

LEV

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cros

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wor

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in th

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puzz

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nly

the

corr

ect w

ords

will

fit!

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will

find

bot

h M

AGLE

V vo

cabu

lary

and

H

allo

wee

n w

ords

in th

is p

uzzl

e. S

ee p

age

26 fo

r th

e A

nsw

er K

ey t

o th

is a

ctiv

ity!

1. A

sel

f-pr

opel

led,

con

nect

ed g

roup

of c

arri

ages

use

d fo

r tr

ansp

orta

tion

of g

oods

or

pass

enge

rs.

5. T

his

is th

e 10

th m

onth

of t

he y

ear.

7. T

ype

of tr

ain

that

ope

rate

s by

mea

ns o

f mag

neti

c le

vita

tion

.

8. T

his

‘non

-sta

te’ i

s th

e na

tion

’s c

apit

al, a

nd th

e fir

st s

top

of

the

Nor

thea

st M

agle

v lin

e!

10. A

met

hod

by w

hich

an

obje

ct is

sus

pend

ed w

ith

no s

uppo

rt

othe

r th

an m

agne

tic

field

s.

11. I

n th

e U

S, th

is h

olid

ay fa

lls o

n th

e la

st d

ay o

f Oct

ober

.

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2. T

his

stat

e is

wel

l-kno

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for

its

popu

lar

city

sha

ring

the

sam

e na

me,

and

is a

noth

er s

top

on th

e N

orth

east

Mag

lev

line.

3. B

OO

! Thi

nk C

aspe

r.

4. T

he a

ctio

n of

mov

ing

som

ethi

ng o

r so

meo

ne fr

om o

ne

dest

inat

ion

to a

noth

er.

6. A

larg

e, o

rang

e go

urd

that

bec

omes

wild

ly p

opul

ar in

the

fall.

9. A

noth

er w

ord

for

‘sca

ry’ o

r ‘e

erie

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n

12

3

4

6 7

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10 11

5

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RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

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ORT

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STM

AG

LEV

20

The b

ig a

pple

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k an

d pl

ay a

ll in

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sam

e da

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at m

eans

livi

ng in

New

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k an

d w

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ng in

D.C

., or

cat

chin

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at c

once

rt a

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are

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k Ci

ty

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

9

COLO

R BY

NUM

BERS

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col

or k

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veal

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V.CO

M //

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STM

AG

LEV

19

dc to

new

york

...In

onl

y an

hou

r?!

But t

hank

s to

the

inno

vati

ve te

chno

logy

beh

ind

the

SCM

AGLE

V, p

eopl

e w

ill b

e ab

le to

trav

el fr

om W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C. t

o N

ew Y

ork

City

in a

n ho

ur

- a tr

ip th

at n

orm

ally

take

s at

leas

t 3.5

hou

rs.

DID

YOU

KNOW

?Th

e av

erag

e fl

ight

fro

m W

ashi

ngto

n,

D.C

., to

New

Yor

k, N

ew Y

ork,

is a

bout

an

hou

r an

d 20

min

utes

long

.

NO

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EAST

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V.CO

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AG

LEV

10

SECR

ET M

ESSA

GECr

ack

the

secr

et c

ode

to u

ncov

er a

fun

MA

GLE

V fa

ct!

Use

the

sym

bol k

ey to

dec

ode

the

secr

et m

essa

ge. M

atch

eac

h sy

mbo

l to

its

assi

gned

lett

er a

nd th

en w

rite

it a

bove

the

corr

espo

ndin

g sy

mbo

l. Se

e pa

ge 2

6 fo

r th

e A

nsw

er K

ey t

o th

is a

ctiv

ity!

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bol K

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V.CO

M //

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STM

AG

LEV

18

Traf

ficTr

affic

Jam

!Th

is is

why

the

Nor

thea

st C

orri

dor

is a

lso

hom

e to

52%

of t

he w

orst

bot

tlen

ecks

in t

he U

.S.,

wit

h D

.C. a

nd N

.Y. c

onsi

sten

tly

rank

ing

in t

he t

op

wor

st tr

affic

area

s in

the

coun

try.

NO

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EAST

MA

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V.CO

M //

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STM

AG

LEV

11

Crea

te yo

ur o

wn

stor

yCr

eate

you

r ow

n sp

ooky

MA

GLE

V st

ory!

As y

ou r

ead

the

stor

y be

low

, fill

in th

e bl

anks

wit

h yo

ur o

wn

crea

tive

wor

ds. B

e fu

nny,

sill

y, s

cary

, ser

ious

, or

anyt

hing

you

like

!

It w

as a

sun

ny O

ctob

er a

fter

noon

, 2 d

ays

befo

re H

allo

wee

n. Ja

cob

was

wal

king

thro

ugh

the

woo

ds w

ith h

is s

iste

r,

. “It

’s

gett

ing

dark

,” sh

e sa

id. “

We

shou

ld p

roba

bly

head

bac

k to

the

.”

Sud

denl

y, a

g

ust o

f win

d sw

irled

aro

und

them

and

twig

s sn

appe

d ne

arby

. Spooky,

Jaco

b th

ough

t. “Y

eah,

let’s

go.

” The

y tu

rned

aro

und

and

star

ted

to

b

ack

thro

ugh

the

woo

ds. A

ll of

the

sudd

en, t

he te

mpe

ratu

re d

ropp

ed. “

Did

you

feel

that

?” Ja

cob

aske

d. “Y

eah!

Som

ethi

ng

i

s go

ing

on,”

she

repl

ied.

Beh

ind

them

, the

sou

nd o

f lea

ves

rust

ling

and

mor

e tw

igs

snap

ping

inte

rrup

ted

them

onc

e ag

ain.

The

y tu

rned

aro

und,

but

not

hing

was

ther

e. T

hey

look

ed a

t eac

h ot

her

as th

e la

st b

it of

day

light

cre

pt a

way

, the

n tu

rned

and

sta

rted

runn

ing.

Up

ahea

d,

they

cou

ld s

ee

f

rom

the

neig

hbor

hood

thro

ugh

the

tree

s, b

ut it

was

stil

l so

far a

way

. Mor

e

n

oise

s

cam

e fr

om b

ehin

d th

em. T

hey

ran

fast

er. T

hey

knew

som

ethi

ng w

as fo

llow

ing

them

now

but

did

n’t s

top

to lo

ok b

ack.

Bes

ides

, it w

as d

ark

now

.

The

nois

es w

ere

gett

ing

clos

er a

nd c

lose

r, so

they

ran

fast

er a

nd fa

ster

. Jus

t as

they

reac

hed

the

edge

of t

he w

oods

whe

re

the

stre

et li

ghts

lit u

p th

e w

ay, J

acob

trip

ped

over

a b

ranc

h an

d fe

ll. “J

acob

!” hi

s si

ster

yel

led.

The

noi

ses

quic

kly

appr

oach

ed a

nd th

ey c

ould

do

noth

ing

to e

scap

e no

w. O

ut o

f the

dar

knes

s, a

larg

e,

b

east

lept

thro

ugh

the

air,

land

ing

on Ja

cob!

AH

HH

!!....

“MAG

LEV!

!” Ja

cob

yelle

d. “Y

ou s

care

d us

to d

eath

, boy

!” he

exc

laim

ed, a

s th

e fa

mily

dog

lick

ed h

is fa

ce. “

We

thou

ght y

ou w

ere

som

e ki

nd o

f

or a

or s

omet

hing

!” M

agle

v w

agge

d hi

s ta

il an

d nu

dged

Jaco

b to

his

feet

. “Le

t’s g

o ho

me,

” sai

d Ja

cob.

NA

ME

PLA

CE

AD

JEC

TIV

E

VER

B

AD

JEC

TIV

E

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VER

B

NO

UN

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TIV

E

AD

JEC

TIV

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JEC

TIV

E

SPO

OK

Y TH

ING

SPO

OK

Y TH

ING

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RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

17

Nort

heas

t Cor

rido

rW

hat

is t

he N

orth

east

Cor

rido

r?Th

e N

orth

east

Cor

rido

r sp

ans

all t

he w

ay f

rom

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

. to

Bost

on, M

assa

chus

etts

, a d

ista

nce

of a

bout

450

mile

s. A

ltho

ugh

it m

akes

up

onl

y 2%

of U

.S. l

and,

it c

onta

ins

12%

of a

ll U

.S. h

ighw

ay m

iles

and

calls

itse

lf ho

me

to 1

7% o

f the

U.S

. pop

ulat

ion

- tha

t’s 5

2 m

illio

n pe

ople

!

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Yor

k, N

Y

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hing

ton,

DC

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delp

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ago,

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les,

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DID

YOU

KNOW

?Ta

ke a

loo

k at

the

rid

ersh

ip t

otal

s fo

r th

e to

p 15

sta

tion

s of

201

6 pr

ovid

ed b

y A

mtr

ak. C

an y

ou c

ircl

e th

e st

atio

ns t

hat

exis

t al

ong

the

Nor

thea

st C

orri

dor?

STA

TIO

NRI

DER

SHIP

Ride

rshi

p m

eans

the

tot

al n

umbe

r of

peo

ple

who

rid

e th

e tr

ain

each

yea

r!

See

STA

TIO

NS

on P

age

26 t

o ch

eck

your

ans

wer

s!

Titl

eBr

ief D

escr

ipti

on o

f Act

ivit

y.Ac

tivi

ty i

nstr

ucti

ons.

Act

ivit

y in

stru

ctio

ns.

Acti

vity

ins

truc

tion

s. A

ctiv

ity

inst

ruct

ions

. Ac

tivi

ty i

nstr

ucti

ons.

Act

ivit

y in

stru

ctio

ns.

Acti

vity

in

stru

ctio

ns.

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

12

colo

r

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

16

311

mile

s per

hou

rH

ow fa

st is

fast

?Th

e su

perc

ondu

ctin

g m

agle

v tr

ain

is t

he f

aste

st t

rain

in t

he w

orld

and

hol

ds a

Gui

nnes

s W

orld

Rec

ord

of 3

74 m

iles

per

hour

- an

d no

rmal

ly

trav

els

at 3

11 m

iles

per

hour

, whi

ch is

mor

e th

an tw

ice

the

top

spee

d of

the

fast

est t

rain

cur

rent

ly o

pera

ting

in th

e U

S.

DID

YOU

KNOW

?Th

e fa

stes

t tra

ins

curr

entl

y in

the

US

are

onl

y ca

pabl

e of

rea

chin

g sp

eeds

of 1

50 M

PH.

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

13

SCM

AGLE

VW

hat

is S

CMA

GLE

V?Th

e SC

MAG

LEV

(Sup

erco

nduc

ting

Mag

lev)

is a

mag

neti

c le

vita

tion

(mag

lev)

tran

spor

tati

on sy

stem

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

inci

ples

of m

agne

tic

attr

acti

ons

and

repu

lsio

ns b

etw

een

the

guid

eway

and

the

cars

.

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

15

MAG

NETI

C LE

VITA

TION

4 in

ches

off

the

gro

und.

Inst

ead

of t

radi

tion

al t

rain

tra

cks,

SCM

AGLE

V tr

ains

use

pow

erfu

l mag

nets

to

levi

tate

in a

uni

que

conc

rete

gui

dew

ay. T

he U

-sha

ped

guid

eway

is

equ

ippe

d w

ith

coil

mag

nets

tha

t in

tera

ct w

ith

the

trai

n’s

supe

rcon

duct

ing

mag

nets

. Th

is i

nter

acti

on b

etw

een

the

guid

eway

coi

ls a

nd

supe

rcon

duct

ing

mag

nets

pro

vide

s pr

opul

sion

, lev

itat

ion,

gui

danc

e, a

nd b

raki

ng –

kee

ping

the

tra

in lo

cked

in t

he g

uide

way

, and

elim

inat

ing

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f der

ailm

ents

.

NO

RTH

EAST

MA

GLE

V.CO

M //

@N

ORT

HEA

STM

AG

LEV

14

AN IN

SIDE

LOOK

How

doe

s it

wor

k?Th

e ke

ys t

o th

e SC

MAG

LEV

syst

em’s

hig

h sp

eed

and

acce

lera

tion

are

the

mag

neti

c fo

rces

act

ing

betw

een

pow

erfu

l sup

erco

nduc

ting

mag

nets

lo

cate

d on

boa

rd th

e tr

ains

and

two

sets

of c

oils

that

are

inst

alle

d in

the

wal

ls o

f the

gui

dew

ay.