Trenes de Alta Velocidad. Full-color Photographs, Glossary, Index, Primary Sources, Pronunciation Guide to New Words, Timelines, Web Sites. Language:Spanish.

ull-color Photographs, Glossary, Index, Primary Sources, Pronunciation Guide to New Words, Timelines, Web Sites. Age Range:10 - 8 Years. Illustrations by Alessandro Bartolozzi, Roberto Simoni. New York, The Rosen Publishing Group's -Powerplus Books 2002, cm.23x30, pp.48, hardcover. Coll.Technology:Blueprints of the Future. [mint copy] Imagine traveling at half the speed of a jet plane without ever leaving the ground! Students will discover the technology that makes such speeds possible, from special tracks and safety precautions to aerodynamically designed trains. What are the limits to the speed of trains? What imposes those limits? Students also will read about the future of passenger train travel, from flying trains to trains that use huge magnets to levitate inches or centimeters off the track. Some trains safely reach speeds of more than 200 mph!