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USA-‘Bullet train’ operator pitches technology for rail projects

Japanese rail experts say developers of high-speed rail in the American Southwest should consider safety features to protect passengers from derailments resulting from earthquakes.
Tsutomu Morimura, senior executive director and director general of the general technology division of the Central Japan Railway Co., told an audience at UNLV Monday that his company has patented anti-derailing guard rails and post-derailment stoppers on tracks to help prevent trains from coming off their tracks in the event of an earthquake.

Sunday 13 December, 2009 04:44 PM

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