r/BeAmazed • u/zzill6 • Sep 02 '25

Technology Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph

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u/The5Virtues Sep 02 '25

It doesn’t matter how old we get. Trains are cool!

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u/Rokstar73 Sep 02 '25

Same goes for planes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

And also some automobiles.

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u/Rokstar73 Sep 02 '25

And ships! Don’t forget ships!

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u/Time_Increase_7897 Sep 02 '25

Escalators!

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u/Rokstar73 Sep 02 '25

Paternoster elevators!

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u/dngrousgrpfruits Sep 03 '25

Cool AND terrifying

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u/Kythorian Sep 03 '25

Yeah, they are neat, but there’s no way I’m getting in one.

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u/homme_chauve_souris Sep 03 '25

Especially one moving at 310 mph.

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u/flying_carabao Sep 03 '25

I'm a walkalator man myself

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u/xraysteve185 Sep 03 '25

That kid.....IS BACK ON THE ESCALATOR!

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u/LoggerRhythms Sep 03 '25

I dont wish the kid harm, but HIS MOTHER SHOULD SUFFER THAT HORRIFIC ORDEAL!

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u/joemomma131313 Sep 03 '25

escalator land!

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u/ambermage Sep 03 '25

Escalators are, by far, the best.

When they break, you can still use them.

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u/Me_Hushpuppy Sep 03 '25

And bikes!

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u/Confident_Warning_32 Sep 03 '25

Helicopters too!

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u/swishkabobbin Sep 03 '25

Ships made of concrete are the coolest

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u/okwellactually Sep 03 '25

Yeah, but no cardboard derivatives.

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u/ArchibaldMcAcherson Sep 03 '25

What about pykrete? I found some plans from WW2 for an aircraft carrier…

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Actually the ones made out of ice are

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u/MrMikeDelta Sep 03 '25

Excavators

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u/dunn_with_this Sep 04 '25

I see you've been to Cape May, NJ.

(sauce)

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u/ztomiczombie Sep 03 '25

Ans selling shower certain rings as jewellery.

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u/Hockeymac18 Sep 03 '25

Yeah, basically all shit that goes. I think I had this book as a kid :)

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u/JosephFDawson Sep 03 '25

I love them old steamers from back in the day and it's all James Cameron's fault

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u/Maschidezin Sep 03 '25

Except when the front falls off.

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u/paulisnofun Sep 03 '25

And so the battle shifts

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u/cars10gelbmesser Sep 03 '25

As long as the front doesn’t fall off.