Inertial guidance and propulsion method in railway technology.

Inertial propulsion system for railway technology is probably completely new thing.  As it result from my latest observations of reality in Poland and eastern Europe there're relatively low or even almost none interest about inertial propulsion and the situation seems to not going to any better state. The old conceptions are blocking new solutions in this case as usually. In most of countries on the old continent there're still developed methods based on internal combustion engines or on electric motors as a railway propulsion systems. Bearings and too many other mechanical parts here are the main problem - they have application in almost every kind of engine produced today, and as it is widely confirmed in technology, the simpler is a mechanical device, the less complication there is with it in further exploitation. Thus this is why inertial propulsion in some cases is sometimes better solution, although it's still based mostly on an mechanical idea. Inertial propulsion could have applications in space transport but also in railway transport systems, there are a lot of opportunities in technology for this type of solutions.

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  Picture 3 (cutaway)

The method on the picture 3 above will be working properly only before solving the problem of electromagnets (magnets) mounted below to the vehicle, because the T - beam on which they are moving along, works to the vehicle like magnetic brake as it is going ahead on this beam. This problem is the result of ferromagnetic interaction between the beam and moving vehicle with those electromagnets, this problem persist if we want to apply T - beam made of steel . The electromagnets are used in the aim to push or pull the vehicle to propulsion upper beams (to support beams) as is shown on the cutaway picture 3. There must be some space between up and low surface and each side of low T - beam, because according to proper operation of this propulsion vehicle is lifted up or dragged down (Picture 2) continuously during acceleration of this vehicle. Using magnetic field with the T-beam in this case has an rational explanation and seems not to become simpler by using vacuum or air pressure. Some kind of friction elimination must be used to support beams. Each time the vehicle is on the gravity complying support beam side the gravity acting on the people inside is decreased, and if the vehicle is on against gravity beam side of the beam which is slightly leading upward, the people inside will be feeling more gravity force which will adds to normal gravity. The electromagnets has both opportunity to work only with complying surface of the suport beam, than the vehicle will have 50 % efficiency but there won't be necessary to switch on the lower electromagnets or with the two direction state in which upper and lower electromagnets are on during vehicle movement. All this inertial solutions require some general conditions. First disadvantage and simultaneously condition is the need of horizontal position ( there could be some level differences on long scale of whole track but we cannot use it with too higher vertical differences on short distances, this mean that the total difference between certain fragment of the track in vertical difference cannot be greater than the difference on local beam situation) of the beams what eliminate some of important application eventualities which can be achieved simply by using standard railway systems. However knowing about that main disadvantage still this propulsion seems to be interesting. Another solution is an application of doubled surface suport beam. In this case one surface is placed upon another, thus the whole thing is now much simpler as is shown on Picture 4. 

Picture 4