Dual-mode transporation system and power unit

Details Dual-mode transporation system and power unit Dual-mode transporation system and power unit

1997-03-11

1998-12-08

Morano, S. Joseph

Railway rolling stock

Locomotives

With land engaging wheel

105 35, 105 621, 105145, 104 34, 104119, B61C 700

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active

058455833

ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a replaceable power unit and transportation system for a dual-mode vehicle, such as an electric car which can operate on built-in batteries and by way of power supplied by a running rail. The vehicle moreover comprises road wheels for moving on a roadway as well as rail wheels for moving on a railway. The railway is a substantially triangular profile wherein the vehicle includes a downwardly facing rail interface extending in the longitudinal direction. The power unit forms an elongate unit which is adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to the vehicle by mounting it in the rail interface.

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