Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Shinkansens go for a salty swim to scrap, Virgin Trains take a dip into port, the Hyperloop media sinks to a new low, and the Stig drives a train. We cover everything (but that last one) in this week's news roundup.

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📚 Links to Research:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191025_13
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191023_33
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191107/p2a/00m/0na/002000c
japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/06/national/typhoon-flooded-shinkansen-trains-scrapped
orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/11/04/virgin-trains-latest-plans-will-bring-orlando-visitors-directly-to-portmiami-while-leaving-port-canaveral-behind
msn.com/en-us/autos/news/virgin-trains-moving-closer-to-station-in-cocoa-leaning-toward-stuart/ar-AAJt1O9
miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article236919778.html
cnn.com/travel/article/hyperloop-design-teenager/index.html
yahoo.com/lifestyle/13-old-girl-just-invented-184205316.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalkey_Atmospheric_Railway#/media/File:Dalkey_Atmospheric_Railway.jpeg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_railway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
ikbrunel.org.uk/atmospheric-railway
youtube.com/watch?v=lZ0oPE2HcI0&t=22s


(If anything is missing, please inform me in the comments below)

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