eli5: how does high speed rail not take off?

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They travel 200 mph and they don’t take off. Do they create downforce? How much downforce?

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They don’t need downforce, and long as they don’t create lift, which they do not, because lack of wings.
Since they travel on fairly level rails, the train weight is sufficient to keep it grounded.

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