A train system has a locomotive traveling at a controlled speed on a main track, with passenger cars capable of locomotion and of automatic coupling and decoupling, forming a train on the main track. Appropriate passenger cars are decoupled and switched onto a side track at stations to unload passengers while the rest of the train passes the stations without stopping. Passenger cars loaded with passengers at these stations are then deployed to couple-up with the train after it has passed the station. This combines local service with express service. Operation in most cases is guided by a central computer system.
Express train system
2019-06-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen / B61D Einzelheiten oder Arten des Wagenaufbaus von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen , BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES / B61G Kupplungen besonders ausgebildet für Eisenbahnfahrzeuge , COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES / B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC |
Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
Reconditioned American Express train
Engineering Index Backfile | 1939