TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY SYSTEM OF RUSSIA Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC E01C1/00 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to construction and operation of railways and roads in cold and extreme-cold climate and can be used in infrastructure development of the northern and eastern regions of Russia. Each transport facility is designed in the form of an extended in plan constructed ice massive of rectangular shape, encased in a thermofluid insulated shell. It is equipped with tunnels located in the ice massive, tower-shaped wind power plants, mounted on high-rise buildings, an ice-soil base, located along the entire length of the transport facility. Flight landing strips for aircrafts of light class, helipads, railway narrow-gauge tracks and cottages are located on the surface of the ice massive. These are also equipped with an airship with a compressor and a vertical air duct, and outside cold accumulators, each of which is filled with the concentrated aqueous sodium solution, connected to the compressor and a refrigerating unit for cooling the working medium and with the tunnel cavity through the air duct. Transport facilities are located primarily on the lower bank of large navigable rivers of Siberia and connected to the existing railway line, running from West to East, and vehicles are equipped with engines with gas and /or electric drive.

EFFECT: invention will permit to accelerate exploration and infrastructure development of the northern and eastern regions of Russia.

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