Railway system utilizing a linear motor for propulsion of trains

Claim 1

A railway system employing a discontinuous linear motor for train propulsion, comprising a train assembly formed with a plurality of transport units each including a group of vehicles ordinarily maintained coupled to one another, the transport units being joined end-to-end and all being of the same length L meters, the transport units also carrying secondary elements of said linear motor disposed at regular intervals such that the secondary of said linear motor is discontinuous, a track for operation of said train assembly thereon, said track having spaced active sections each equipped with a group of inductors which are disposed at regular intervals of L meters from center line to center line within each active section, the groups of inductors of said active sections constituting the primary of said linear motor and said active sections being separated from one another by inactive track sections having no primary inductors of said linear motor, such that during operation said train assembly will alternately occupy active and inactive sections of said track and thereby receive a propulsive force from said linear motor intermittently as said train assembly alternately passes through the active and inactive track section.