High speed passenger transfer vehicle

Details High speed passenger transfer vehicle High speed passenger transfer vehicle

1982-03-18

1984-01-17

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Railways

Moving train

Passenger transfer

104 89, 104 95, 104122, 104130, 296178, B61K 100

Patent

active

044258518

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a self-propelled suspension monorail vehicle carried on top of a nonstop train. At depots the monorail vehicle attaches itself to a suspended monorail by way of an attachable drive mechanism.
Passengers leaving the nonstop train have access to the monorail vehicle by way of a stairway that extends through a magnetic collar that connects the bottom of the monorail vehicle to the top of the nonstop train. Horizontal sliding doors seal the bottom of the monorail vehicle and the top of the nonstop train during a separation or retrieving maneuver.

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patent: 3484002 (1969-12-01), Barry
patent: 3605935 (1971-09-01), Gilbert
patent: 3631807 (1972-01-01), Cherto
patent: 3640227 (1972-02-01), Webb
patent: 3779596 (1973-12-01), Ritter
patent: 4082042 (1978-04-01), Barry

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