Saddlebag monorail car

Abstract

The preferred embodiment of the invention described here is the saddlebag form factor. It is very strong & stable and can be applied to the ALWEG monorail car configuration producing improved stability, safety and load carrying capacities. The essence's of my new car design is that the payload being transported is placed well below the top surface of the rail beam. This place's the center of gravity far below the balance plane that is formed at the interface of the wheels and the top flat surface of the monorail beam.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A superior design of ALWEG style monorail cars, to follow the form factor of a saddlebag, due to the saddlebag design a low center of gravity is with respect to the payload carried, the payload can be passengers or any kind freight including raw materials.  
     
     
         2 . Increased load capacity is a result of the saddlebag form factor, because this shape is scalable, the limitations in older conventional ALWEG designed cars the result of trying to balance many tons on top of a rail beam.  
     
     
         3 . Increased safety is a result of the saddlebag form factor due to the very low center of gravity, even at high speeds, it is hard to conceive of a situation saddlebag car could fall off of a rail beam.