Patent ID: 6564721
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B61B,E01B

Abstract:
A rail transport system for use in transporting humans, automobiles and cargo from one location to another comprising:a plurality of rail sections and a plurality of rail switch sections connected to form a railroad connecting a plurality of terminals; each rail section and each rail switch section supported on a support column by attachment to a column interface unit attached to said support column; each rail section having two load rails with two guide plates attached and positioned for transportation of a car; a plurality of guide rail supports attached to each load rail and extending upwardly to support a guide rail; each rail switch section having a flat platform defining a switch interior portion and having a first route and a second route; said first route having a continuous guide rail and an interrupted guide rail wherein each of said guide rails having a plurality of guide rail supports, and having a pair of interrupted load rails; said second route having a pair of guide rails with a plurality of guide rail supports merging with said interrupted guide rail said first route, and having a pair of load rails; and the guide rails of said sections and said first and second routes merging onto each other.