From the Kearney Files.
Moscow Daily News 22nd February 1933
The Kearney High Speed Railway in Moscow.
An electric train running on one rail at 200 km per hour has been invented by Chalmers Kearney a British engineer who is now in Moscow.
A model of the train which Kearney brought with him from England and which now occupies a prominent position in the Exhibit of Workers Inventions in the Polytechnical Museum, illustrates the principle of how it works.
The train moves on one rail placed beneath the car and is guided by another built under the roof. This novel position of the rails permits the car to work up a speed from 80km an hour within the vicinity of the city up to 200km an hour on long distance runs.
The model was tested by a Commission composed of Engineers from the Metrostroi (subway railway trust), members of the Government and the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet.
Although a number of British experts have pronounced the project satisfactory. Kearney was unable to find a purchaser in a view of the strong opposition of the owners of existing electric lines in Britain.
Within a few days a special conference of all organisations interested is being called by the Metrostroi to make a detailed study of the project. The People's Commissariat for Railroads, the Commissariat of Heavy Industry, the All - Union Electric Trust and representatives of several other transport organisations will participate.
Moscow Daily News 22nd February 1933
The Kearney High Speed Railway in Moscow.
An electric train running on one rail at 200 km per hour has been invented by Chalmers Kearney a British engineer who is now in Moscow.
A model of the train which Kearney brought with him from England and which now occupies a prominent position in the Exhibit of Workers Inventions in the Polytechnical Museum, illustrates the principle of how it works.
The train moves on one rail placed beneath the car and is guided by another built under the roof. This novel position of the rails permits the car to work up a speed from 80km an hour within the vicinity of the city up to 200km an hour on long distance runs.
The model was tested by a Commission composed of Engineers from the Metrostroi (subway railway trust), members of the Government and the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet.
Although a number of British experts have pronounced the project satisfactory. Kearney was unable to find a purchaser in a view of the strong opposition of the owners of existing electric lines in Britain.
Within a few days a special conference of all organisations interested is being called by the Metrostroi to make a detailed study of the project. The People's Commissariat for Railroads, the Commissariat of Heavy Industry, the All - Union Electric Trust and representatives of several other transport organisations will participate.
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