Presents FlexRail(tm)
A New Transportation System Based on Rail Junctions without Switches and Hi-Rail Vehicles Using
a Transition Span That Allows Hybrid Vehicles to Quickly Switch Between Road and Rail Travel
This System Integrates Road Travel and Rail Travel to Make Travel Fast, Safe, Clean, and Cheap
Features
- Reduces CO2 emissions using efficient transportation powered by renewable energy
- Brings route flexibility of road travel to rail systems
- Low rolling resistance rails produce highly energy efficient transportation
- Enables fully autonomous operation using a Traffic Control System
- Enables electric vehicle powering from renewable energy sources
- Compatible with existing rails. Only junctions need upgrading
Demo Video
Demonstration Video of a 1:20 Scale Model
Model Operation in Video
- 1. Models are for demonstration and are a proxy for a full-scale rail system.
- 2. A transition rail allows hybrid vehicles to safely and quickly drive onto or exit a rail from a road.
- 3. Passive junctions allow vehicles to choose their own routes on the rail.
- 4. Model LH uses eight wheels. Four road wheels are for road travel and four rail wheels are for rail travel.
- 5. Three channels of RC control for steering, speed and rail wheel elevation.
- 6. Vehicles use a brushless motor and lithium powered battery.
- 8. Vehicles are 3-D printed and track is commercial G-scale.
- 9. Patents US 11,364,940 and PCT WO2023033877. Holtzman's business model is IP development and licensing.
- 10. Combination wheels enable four wheel hybrid vehicles.
- 11. Rail operation only vehicles work on this track also.
- 12. Manufacturers and retailers for rail models are invited.
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