Interesting Concept

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The major limitations being the limited force a vacuum system can develop, inefficiency of pneumatic power transmission and the availability of rare earth magnets. Interesting but impractical.

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Not exactly scale-able but an interesting concept
What smells like lube oil and diesel.... Oh wait it's just my "Locomotive Breath"

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