Magnets & Trains

Oct 08 , 2021 | Innovation

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From subways to freight trains, railways play an important role our daily lives. As early as the 1860s, Chinese laborers connected the world by train when they built the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. Our Host James Chau looks at the history of trains, from the network that linked the east and west coasts in America, to the magnetic levitation train technology that now has China flying over the tracks.

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