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Re:Is Hyperloop the future of travel? by wimagguc on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:53AM (#11713607)
Fun fact, New York City's subway started out with a similar system (between 1870 and 1873, called the Beach Pneumatic Transit): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit
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Re:Is Hyperloop the future of travel? by grosun on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:11AM (#11713763)
& London's Crystal palace pneumatic railway predated that by 6 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_pneumatic_railw...

Not a roaring success though!

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