The movement of passengers and goods along a railless track

Abstract

The publication reproduces with some abridgement but keeping as far as possible author’s lexical means and style the report of I. V. Shirman at the meeting of the 8th Department of Imperial Russian Technical Society on March 4, 1910, chaired by O. A. Struve. The meeting discussed engineering and economic issues of operation of transport vehicles using electric traction and the most promising at that time, the idea of autonomously powered passenger systems was also highlighted.