Virginia’s $16 Million Flop: Maglev Trains

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-maglev-train-old-dominion-university.html

The car never traveled more than a short distance, at speeds far less than the promised 40 miles per hour. More test runs took place over the next few years — some of them paid for by selling most of the metal track as scrap.