Too much Internet free time » train http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress Technology news and opinions straight from Paris, France Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Model train lovers, get your magnifying glass! http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2010/02/26/model-train-lovers-get-your-magnifying-glass/ http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2010/02/26/model-train-lovers-get-your-magnifying-glass/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:15:13 +0000 Yves Roumazeilles http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=3907 Really! It will be in strong need to admire this Z-scale model of an N-gauge train. It’s real small (it was used to recreate a small model train going in a shop window inside a Z-scale model train).

Admire the wonderful work of art!


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]]> http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2010/02/26/model-train-lovers-get-your-magnifying-glass/feed/ 0 Maglev trains: Toys and games http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2009/10/21/maglev-trains-toys-and-games/ http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2009/10/21/maglev-trains-toys-and-games/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:56:40 +0000 Yves Roumazeilles http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=3483 Magnetic levitation is considered by some as the future of train technology. Several real trains have actually been created (the German industry has been a pioneer and is in a strong competition with Japan for the development of such MagLev trains or Magnetic Levitation trains). But did you really see how it works? It’s easy. Check this demonstration with maglev toy trains.


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The tracks are made of traditional magnets and the train contain a big super-conducting magnet (cooled down by liquid nitrogen to maintain its super-conducting characteristics). Everything is relying heavily on magnetic fields. So, not surprisingly, these fields can be observed in the real train. The following video — shot on the Rokko Liner in Kobe, Japan — shows metal paper clips dancing on the stray magnetic fields of such a Maglev train, going through the floor of one of the passenger cars.


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Don’t drop your credit card (or an age-old floppy disk) on the floor for fear of seeing it quickly erased.

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I am a great fan of miniature model railways. But this one is all railways, locomotive, trains geeks want. It’s ok for kids as well as adults.

]]> http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2009/05/03/the-largest-model-railway-in-the-world/feed/ 0 The train that never stops http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2008/06/18/the-train-that-never-stops/ http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2008/06/18/the-train-that-never-stops/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:18:44 +0000 Yves Roumazeilles http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2008/06/18/the-train-that-never-stops/ How do you board a train if you decide that it will never stop? A taiwanese engineer seems to have got the right idea.


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Source: DeputyDog.

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