Railway rolling stock – Locomotives – With land engaging wheel
Patent
1998-03-12
2000-01-11
Le, Mark T.
Railway rolling stock
Locomotives
With land engaging wheel
1052151, 1052152, B61C 1100
Patent
active
060123966
ABSTRACT:
A transportation system includes a rail system and a vehicle capable of traveling on a road surface or the rail system. The vehicle includes two sets of wheels, one wheel for riding on the road surface, and another for riding on the rail. The rail is provided at an acute angle, and the wheels pivot, so that an outer flange on the rail lockingly engages an outer flange on the wheel, thereby preventing derailment. A controller automatically controls the vehicles on the rail. Magnetized bumpers on the vehicles enable the vehicles to travel on the rail in pods. Transition zones for easy entrance and exit to and from the rail system are provided at road overpasses.
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Le Mark T.
McCarry, Jr. Robert J.
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