If you are ever passing by downtown Pueblo in Colorado, you will notice two Hover Train models which clearly look like they belong to the future. The Grumman TLRV was once something people had very high expectations from. Hover Trains were designed with the concept of using less force and friction between the train tracks and the wheels by making use of compressed air technology. Due to this, less energy was expended and the trains could travel faster compared to its counterparts. The Grumman Tracked Levitation Research Vehicle (TLRV) was designed to reach speeds upto 300 miles per hour (482 kilometers). This was considered to be a radical way of travelling. A track was funded and built at Pueblo to test this theory. The track turned out to be short for the test and the full capacity of the Grumman couldn’t be analyzed. Later the funding for the test track got cut by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration and the trains were left to be ignored. The train finally rests with the Pueblo Railway Museum, parked on an ordinary road where passersby just wonder what is the future of this futuristic invention.
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