Patent ID: 8720345
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B61D,B61F,E01B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A personal transportation vehicle configured to operate on a conventional railroad track system comprising a first rail and a second rail supported in a spaced relationship on sleepers supported on a railway bed, the personal transportation vehicle comprising: a first vehicle unit elongated in a first direction, said first vehicle unit comprising: at least two wheels positioned on said first vehicle unit to support said first vehicle unit above one of said first and second rails; a motor operatively connected to said at least two wheels, to drive said at least two wheels and propel said first vehicle unit along said one of said first and second rails; at least one guide shoe positioned on said first vehicle unit to engage said one of said first and second rails, said guide shoe being configured to maintain said at least two wheels on said one of said first and second rails when traversing a switch track, or frog of the conventional railroad track system; a skid stabilization system comprising at least one skid arm supporting a skid plate, the skid arm being supported on said first vehicle unit in an operable position in which said skid plate is positioned to ride on sleepers of the conventional railroad track system; and a gyro stabilization system connected to the first vehicle unit to maintain stability of the first vehicle unit.