TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Maglev Trains 4 CHAPTER 2 Power Up 10 CHAPTER 3 Superfast Designs 14 ACTIVITIES TOOLS Try This 22 Glossary 23 Index 24 To Learn More 24
CHAPTER 1 MAGLEV TRAINS All aboard A superfast train is about to leave the station It is the Shanghai Maglev in China It is the fastest train people can ride It reaches 268 miles 431 kilometers per hour
This train doesn’t rumble over tracks It floats It is a maglev train Strong magnets are in the train and the rails The magnets repel one another This makes the train float above the rails magnet