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Originally posted by Matt Leese
Yes it does:
http://www.conrail.com/
But it is owned by CSX and Norfolk Southern. It exists as much as Chevy does as a subsidiary of GM. 
Matt
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Well, cars are still being made with the word Chevy plastered on the side of them.
All of the old Conrail equipment was relettered for their new owners . . . sort of. They were actually relettered for the New York Central or the Baltimore and Ohio (I think). . . but, alas. . big blue graces the rails no more. At least, it's not supposed to. . .one day the lazy railroads will get around to repainting their equipment, too.
I've never been one to understand business and mergers and things, though, so I'm probably just talking out of my, uhm, well, you know.
And, Carolyn. . . I think you're referring to the Mag-Lev trains that have been tested in Germany and other places. Regular European rail lines share the same type and gauge rail that the US uses. The bullet trains (like the TGV, though that's older) use regular rail, not the mag-lev beamways. The Mag-Lev trains are capable of sustained speeds of ~ 300 mph, though, but the beamways are very, very, very expensive.